Description |
xii, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages plates : illustrations, maps., portraits ; 23 cm |
Contents |
We are what we watch -- A major league channel in a minor league country -- The battle for the Arab mind -- Big voice, tiny country : Al-Jazeera in Qatar -- Boxing rings : Al-Jazeera's talk shows -- Hero or heretic? Al-Jazeera and Arab governments -- Al-Jazeera scoops the world -- Al-Jazeera and the West : the love-hate relationship -- Epilogue |
Summary |
"Al-Jazeera, the independent all-Arab television news network based in Qatar, has emerged as ambassador for the Arab world in the events following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and the war waged in Afghanistan. More than a channel reporting the news as it happens, Al-Jazeera (Arabic for "the island") has access to the Arab world and is "scooping" the Western media conglomerates |
Notes |
Includes a new epilogue |
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Includes Index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 225-229 |
Subject |
Al Jazeera (Television network)
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Al-Jazeera (Television station : Qatar)
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Mass media and propaganda.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Television and the war.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009, in mass media.
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- Arab countries.
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Mass media and public opinion -- Arab countries.
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Television broadcasting of news -- Qatar.
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Television broadcasting of news -- Arab countries.
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Author |
Iskander, Adel
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LC no. |
2004301558 |
ISBN |
0813341493 paperback |
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