1st Edition

Al Jazeera Phenomenon Critical Perspectives on New Arab Media

By Mohamed Zayani Copyright 2005
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

Few phenomena in the Arab world are more controversial than Al Jazeera - the satellite television news channel that, despite its brief history, has made its impact known throughout the world and changed the face of a formerly parochial Arab media.This timely collection of articles, many by Arabic-speaking scholars, gives us more information and analysis of the network - and how it has affected the... Read more

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction

I A1 Jazeera, Regional Politics and the Public Sphere

II A1 Jazeera Programming

III Al Jazeera and Regional Crises

Afterword—Arab Media Studies: Some Methodological
Considerations fon B. Alterman
Select Bibliography

Notes on Contributors
Index

Biography

Mohamed Zayani