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Al Jazeera English: Global News in a Changing World, edited by Philip Seib, is an important book that provides a fresh analytical perspective grounded in a solid overview of the rising news channel. As Al Jazeera expands its audience in... more
Major international conflicts tend to receive intensified media coverage, which is often framed differently when compared across distinct news networks. This study compares the framing of the 2014 Gaza War by two news organizations... more
After Al Jazeera English started to broadcast in 2006, international news flows were criticized for being Eurocentric. Whether the debates on this topic would lead to a new phase, in terms of news flows, 90% of which were Eurocentric. The... more
This report will describe the key factors which create hurdles in marketing operations of Qatar Airways (QTR), which is the national airline of the State of Qatar and also considered to be one of the youngest top airlines of the world.... more
Overview of media laws, penal codes, and other regulations and their applications in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. Includes comparisons to international... more
The paper tries to link the gap existing in between the role of social media and democratization in the Arab world through the theory of social constructivism. It reveals why various scholars have perceived democracy to be incompatible... more
The main objective of this comparative study of five transnational media channels is to observe the news broadcast of media institutions that address a wide-ranging diverse viewership as distinct from media that addresses a citizenry... more
This research analyzes the role of media in state-society relations nuancing policy between state and non-state actors, exemplified by the “CNN Effect” – the reflexive influence of new media agency with realtime policymaking, as promoted... more
This article aims to explore emerging trends for the Sunni religious elite and the Islamic legal tradition in the new context of the Arab Uprisings by focusing on Yusuf al-Qaradawi, arguably the most prominent of these ʿulamāʾ alive... more
This thesis explores the relationship between both American mass media and foreign international news channels on United States foreign policy. Initially, the paper examines the ability of contemporary global mass media to influence... more
excerpt1 from Edward Said "Living in Arabic": " I have never escaped the amusingly dissonant jolt that comes with hearing a commonly used word that has totally incompatible meanings in the two languages. The name Sami, for example. In... more
Although satellite channels still have a central importance for the circulation of news in the Middle East and North Africa, the attention of many scholars has recently shifted towards the development of social media and their political... more
Revolts did not knock on the door, they just sneaked in the Arab region, toppling some regimes while shaking the thrones of others. Analyses began to heap in an attempt to examine this state of affairs; some choose to factor in this... more
Public Sphere in the Arab world has been under rapid and steady transformation with social media becoming an alternative medium of interactive communication. In 2011-12, Facebook had emerged as the main site of these interactions and... more
Despite it has a small geographical area, Qatar is a country that is closely followed by the international community and attracts attention with its differences in attitudes in regional policies. Naturally, this difference must have a... more
The Gulf Crisis, also known as the GCC Crisis, and Qatar Crisis, began when several countries – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt (henceforth ‘the quartet’) – abruptly severed ties with Qatar during June of... more
Al Jazeera English struggles to gain wide TV distribution in the United States. This paper is a case study of one of the few communities it is available. The story of its carriage and the debate over it says something about the network‟s... more
Al Jazeera’s August 2015 editorial decision to substitute ‘refugee’ for ‘economic migrant’ in its coverage of ‘the Mediterranean Migration Crisis’ provides an opportunity to re-frame the relationship between the politics of race,... more
This analysis will look into the Qatari media coverage of the abuse of migrant workers in Qatar during the construction of the World Cup stadiums for 2022. The issue is controversial and has had an impact on the way journalists report. It... more
Since the African independence movements of the 1960s and 70s and subsequent calls for a New World Information Communication Order (NWICO) free from Western dominance, there have been frequent discussions about how to ameliorate... more
Chapitre 1 de l'ouvrage publié sous la direction d'Olivier Koch et de Tristan Mattelart, "Géopolitique des télévisions transnationales d'information", Mare et Martin, 2016.
This study examines whether news broadcasts across nations are more cosmopolitan or parochial in their essence. To answer this question, the article proposes two unique theoretical concepts: "global newsworthiness” and “reversed... more
Özellikle de Trump’ın hâlihazırda “fake news” olarak adlandırdığı liberal haber platformları düşünüldüğünde el-Cezire’nin Trump üzerinde tesir etmesi daha da zorlaşmıştır. Nitekim el- Cezire’nin “Rightly” girişimi bu eksikliği gidermeyi... more
This report will focus on the newsroom convergence and the network as a multimedia storytelling organisation. Additionally, this report will look at the journalist’s responsibilities and roles with the “emergence of convergence” (Verweij... more
A few months after the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian revolts, the satellite news channel Al Jazeera English, broadcasting from the Middle-Eastern region for an international public, launched 'The Stream', presented as " A television show... more
The way in which different media portrayed and constructed the notion of the Arab Spring has received a great deal of scholarly attention since the start of these revolutions in late 2010. However, the role of media in the news... more
Les révoltes n’ont pas frappé à la porte avant d’entrer, elles se sont glissées furtivement dans le monde arabe, renversant certains régimes tout en secouant le trône des autres. Les analyses ont commencé à pleuvoir dans la tentative... more
The way in which different media portrayed and constructed the notion of the Arab Spring has received a great deal of scholarly attention since the start of these revolutions in late 2010. However, the role of media in the news... more
To gain a greater understanding of the obstacles to peace, you must look deep inside to question what obstacle lies in you.
On 1 November 2021, Al Jazeera celebrated its 25-year-anniversary. Since inception, it has been beset with an astonishing number of threats and attacks that were supposed to intimidate the network and prevent reportage in one of the... more
The growth and expansion of the Internet has enabled many people to communicate and engage in different manners and it is easier than ever now to obtain news and information content via different online sittings. However, concerns grow... more
The article analyzes to what extent news reporting on terrorist attacks globalized, regionalized, or country specific. We compare coverage on four terrorist incidents in the main news shows of the US edition of CNN, of Al Jazeera's Arabic... more
Al-Jazeera English is the first English-language satellite news channel broadcasting globally from the Middle East. The channel aims to redress the balance of news flows, and the present article presents a comprehensive, quantitative... more
La chaîne d’information en continu Al Arabiya est une télévision saoudienne qui lutte pour s’imposer dans l’espace arabe. Devant elle, il y a des conquérants qui travaillent eux aussi pour des agendas et des lignes éditoriales... more
At a time when many in the U.S. and around the world encounter religion as a polarizing subject, one especially revered by some and utterly contested by others, this special issue of Reconstruction explores questions arising at the... more
Five years after the inception of the Aljazeera satellite news network in 1996, the organization created a companion Arabic Web site (www.aljazeera.net), effectively increasing its reach to any reader of Arabic with Internet access... more
With its news coverage of the Arab uprisings, the Qatar-based global news network Al Jazeera English (AJE) made major journalistic waves by scooping global news media. International praise of AJE’s reporting led some to analogize it to... more
A few months after the 2011 Tunisian and Egyptian revolts, the satellite news channel Al Jazeera English, broadcasting from the Middle-Eastern region for an international public, launched 'The Stream', presented as... more
As the world marked World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2015, Al Jazeera English (AJE) interrupted its regular programming for its senior management and journalists to discuss the state of media freedom around the world (Al Jazeera English,... more
This is a special issue devoted to the study of media. It has articles on age and gender in film, media convergence, news media as popular culture, Wittgenstein and film theory, literacy and time on the Internet, a study of... more