Media Power and Global Television News
Subtitle: The Role of Al Jazeera English
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781784530860
Subjects: Television broadcasting of news; Mass media, political aspects; Mass media, arab countries
Description: "The Middle East has been a particular focus of global crisis reporting. Yet, international coverage of these conflicts has historically been presented through a 'Western' perspective. The absence of Arab voices in the global public sphere has created a discursive gap between the Middle East and the rest of the world. The arrival of Al Jazeera English might, therefore, be regarded as an attempt to bridge this gap by broadcasting discourses from and about the Arab world. Using a framing analysis of selected news reports by Al Jazeera English before and after the so-called 'Arab Spring' protests, this book considers Al Jazeera English's position in the global news environment and identifies the extent to which it addresses this gap between the Arab and global spheres."