Al-Jazeera

by el-Nawawy, Mohammed; Iskandar, Adel

• ISBN13: 9780813340173
• ISBN10: 0813340179
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

Al-Jazeera, the independent, all-Arab television news network based in Qatar, emerged as ambassador to the Arab world in the events following September 11, 2001. Arabic for "the peninsula," Al-Jazeera has "scooped" the western media conglomerates many times. With its exclusive access to Osama Bin Laden and members of the Taliban, its reputation has been burnishing quickly through its exposure on CNN, even as it strives to maintain its independence as an international free press news network.Al-Jazeerasheds light on the background of the network: how it operates, the programs it broadcasts, its effects on Arab viewers, the reactions of the West and Arab states, the implications for the future of news broadcasting in the Middle East, and its struggle for a free press and public opinion in the Arab world.

Author Biography

Mohammed el-Nawawy, Egyptian born and raised, has worked as a journalist in the Middle East and the U.S. The author of The Israeli-Egyptian Peace Process in the Reporting of Western Journalists, he is an assistant professor of Communications at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. Adel Iskander, an Egyptian-Canadian, is an expert on Middle East media. He has conducted studies on viewership of Arab media and the use of North American media by Arab immigrants. He has lived in Kuwait and in Egypt for many years, and currently teaches communication at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Mohammed el-Nawawy, Egyptian born and raised, has worked as a journalist in the Middle East and the U.S. The author of The Israeli-Egyptian Peace Process in the Reporting of Western Journalists, he is an assistant professor of Communications at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. Adel Iskander, an Egyptian-Canadian, is an expert on Middle East media. He has conducted studies on viewership of Arab media and the use of North American media by Arab immigrants. He has lived in Kuwait and in Egypt for many years, and currently teaches communication at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
We Are What We Watch	1	(20)
A Major League Channel in a Minor League Country	21	(24)
The Battle for the Arab Mind	45	(26)
Big Voice, Tiny Country: Al-Jazeera in Qatar	71	(20)
Boxing Rings: Al-Jazeera's Talk Shows	91	(22)
Hero or Heretic? Al-Jazeera and Arab Governments	113	(30)
Al-Jazeera Scoops the World	143	(32)
Al-Jazeera and the West: The Love-Hate Relationship	175	(22)
Epilogue	197	(10)
Notes	207	(7)
Sources and References	214	(5)
Index	219