Al Jazeera English Global News in a Changing World

Name: Al Jazeera English Global News in a Changing World
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ISBN: 9780230340213

ISBN-10: 0230340210

ISBN-13: 9780230340213

Edition: 2012

Authors: Philip Seib

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Although Al Jazeera English has yet to receive to receive the attention accorded to its Arabic-language elder sibling, it is in many ways the more interesting of the two. It seeks to redefine global news coverage by focusing on areas that are traditionally neglected by most news organizations, and its potential audience is many times larger than that of the Arabic channel. This will be the first book to thoroughly examine this channel’s coverage methods, effects on its audience, and its place in the world of mediated geopolitics. Al Jazeera recognized that if it was to expand its worldwide influence, it could not do so wholly in Arabic. And so, in 2006, it launched Al Jazeera English,…

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List price: $64.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 4/3/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 204
Size: 6.17" wide x 8.98" long x 0.14" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Philip Seib is a veteran television & newspaper journalist, covering U.S. & international politics & social issues. He has appeared as a guest analyst on CNN & for several network television affiliates, & his columns appear regularly in "The Dallas Morning News" & the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel". Seib is the author of eleven books. He is the Lucius W. Nieman Professor of Journalism at Marquette University & lives in Brookfield, Wisconsin.



List of Figure and Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction




The Origins of Al Jazeera English




The Nature of the Channel's Global Audience




Content: The Messages of AJE's News




AJE after the Arab Spring: The Politics of Distribution in the United States




Covering and Reaching Africa




Covering and Reaching South Asia




Covering Gaza, 2008-2009: A Palestinian View




Covering Gaza, 2008-2009: An Israeli View




AJE's Conciliatory Role: Covering the "Ground Zero Mosque" Controversy




Conclusion: AJE in the World



List of Contributors


Index