Reporting from Qatar, this is Al-Jazeera
By: by Steven P. Carney
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.)
Series: USAWC strategy research project; USAWC strategy research project
Publisher: U.S. Army War College
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Carlisle Barracks, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Television broadcasting of news; Arab Foreign public opinion; Arab Public opinion; Al Jazeera (Television network)
Description: Since the arrival of AI-Jazeera in late 1996, western style news programming such as the British Broadcasting Corporation and U.S. Cable News Network has fallen out of favor with the Arabic street because it does not appeal or speak to their cultural sensitivities. The satellite news station, AI-Jazeera, is the choice news outlet to nearly 40 million people residing in the Arab world, particularly since the service is free to anyone in the Middle East in possession of a satellite dish. This paper compares how AI-Jazeera reports news events, particularly in Iraq and in Afghanistan, to how the U.S. news media reports the same story. Selected news vignettes examine the facts of the stories and draw conclusions to AI-Jazeera's motives and the effects of its reporting on U.S. military operations in Iraq.
Notes: "15 March 2006"--Page [iii].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-19).

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