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The Al Jazeera Phenomenon: Critical Perspectives on New Arab Media
Mohamed Zayani (Ed.)
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Description for The Al Jazeera Phenomenon: Critical Perspectives on New Arab Media
Paperback. Fascinating critique of Al Jazeera's politics, its agenda, its programmes and its treatment of the West. Editor(s): Zayani, Mohamed. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Few phenomena in the Arab world are more controversial than Al Jazeera – the satellite television news channel that, despite its brief history, has made itself known throughout the world and changed the face of a formerly parochial Arab media.
This timely collection of essays by Arab and Western scholars provides a better understanding of the network – and how it has affected the public and even foreign policies of Western governments – than any other of the few books published in English up to now.
The book provides rare insights into ... Read more
Few phenomena in the Arab world are more controversial than Al Jazeera – the satellite television news channel that, despite its brief history, has made itself known throughout the world and changed the face of a formerly parochial Arab media.
This timely collection of essays by Arab and Western scholars provides a better understanding of the network – and how it has affected the public and even foreign policies of Western governments – than any other of the few books published in English up to now.
The book provides rare insights into ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745323336
SKU
V9780745323336
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99-50
About Mohamed Zayani (Ed.)
Mohamed Zayani is Professor of Critical Theory at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He has contributed profoundly to research on Arab media and is the editor of The Al Jazeera Phenomenon (Pluto, 2005) and Arab Satellite Television and Politics in the Middle East (ECSSR, 2004).
Reviews for The Al Jazeera Phenomenon: Critical Perspectives on New Arab Media
'A first in the field of Middle Eastern media studies ... the issue of public policy, foreign relations and the impact of the media on democracy, human rights and development remains burning'
Azza Karam
Azza Karam