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"This volume takes a look at the Al Jazeera Satellite Channel, a pan-Arab satellite broadcaster known for its programming, graphic visuals and anti-western broadcasting. Focusing on critical success factors and cultural impact, it examines the distinct values and beliefs shared by the members of Al Jazeera"--Provided by publisher

Our paper explores the Al-Jazeera network and its relationship to the state which set it up and continues to fund it. We suggest that, while the network may provide perspectives for Western viewers that other large, but Western-owned networks do not, it is far from immune from the problems of state influence. Behind a cultivated veneer of providing perspectives from 'the Arab street', the network reflects foreign policy perspectives of the Qatari state and the small elite which controls it. This paper surveys Al-Jazeera Arabic news coverage (August 2014-August 2015) of conflict in Iraq and three AJA current affairs programmes coverage (January 2014-August 2015) of conflict in Iraq, Syria and Egypt. The results indicate that, on foreign policy issues which the Qatari elite regards as particularly important, the network promotes the perspectives of the state. The relationship between the Qatari state and Al-Jazeera also constrains the network's independence and objectivity.

The election in Iran 2009 caused a serious crisis in Iranian society. The news media around the world reported about alleged manipulation, election fraud and other irregularities. "Where is my vote?" became the rallying cry of Iran's opposition. This paper presents a crossnational comparative media analysis of news reporting on the Iranian election and the subsequent national and international reactions. It focuses on how a controversial political event was covered by two of the world´s leading television news broadcasters: Al Jazeera Arabic and CNN International, with a particular focus on Al Jazeera. Two theoretical frameworks were adopted: a contra-flow approach – Al Jazeera as an alternative source of news – as well as its role with respect to democratization. Two flagship news programs were analyzed over a six-week period in summer 2009. With quantitative framing analysis as the central methodology (using statistical factor analysis), we focused on the content of 66 television news stories.

This article examines the broadcast coverage by Al Jazeera and the BBC of the 2011 uprising in Libya and the ensuing NATO intervention in the country. Through a comparative analysis of Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera English, BBC Arabic, and BBC World News, the article evaluates the impact of these two network's political contexts on their coverage. Both Al Jazeera and the BBC are based in countries that were active participants in the 2011 NATO intervention, Al Jazeera in Qatar and the BBC in the UK. Thus, the 2011 Libyan uprising and NATO intervention presents a prime opportunity to evaluate how the political contexts of these two networks affected their coverage. The sample under study covered a period of roughly four weeks and was analysed by means of a framing analysis, whereby framing refers to the way a news story is packaged, organised, and narrated. Ultimately, the study found that the coverage of both these networks was aligned with the national and foreign policy interests of their home countries, making their political contexts the main influence on their news agendas. News frames across the sample reflected coverage that was largely supportive of the aims of opposition and the intervention.

Since its inception in 1996, Al Jazeera has branded itself as an alternative voice in the global media landscape. While scholars argue that Al Jazeera has brought the Global South's voice from the periphery to the centre, there is little scholarship on Al Jazeera's representation of women. Building on intersectionality literature, this article aims to investigate the intersection of gender and geopolitical positionalities in relation to Al Jazeera Arabic's (AJA) representation of the Global South's women. This article concludes that women were minimally represented in AJA news. Interviews and document analysis highlight that the Al Jazeera network does adopt gender-neutral policies on reporting news. By failing to recognize the intersectionality of gender and geopolitical positionality of Global South women, AJA privileges men's experiences and voices and consequently women remain at the periphery of the peripheries in Al Jazeera news. Al Jazeera needs to address this gap through institutional and policy lenses.

This article analyzes the key ways in which Al-Jazeera brings the veil onto the screen and into its network current affairs, news, and religious programming and how it reported on the story of the veil in France between late 2002 and early 2005. Although much of the extant literature on Al-Jazeera describes it as the "CNN of the Arab world," it is more like an Islamic version of CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) than the secular or nonreligious CNN (Cable Network News) because of the time it devotes to the views of Islamic religious leaders and the ways in which it promotes Islamic practices. Al-Jazeera is not a "liberal" or "neutral" channel; it is a religious and news channel that allows other programs that are liberal or neutral to be shown occasionally.If the news broadcast on Al-Jazeera is pluralist,the religious message that it disseminates almost daily is monodenominational.The author argues that Al-Jazeera is using the issue of the veil in France to influence viewers in France and Europe,build a global Muslim identity,mobilize a shared public opinion,and construct an imagined transnational Muslim community.

This article analyzes the key ways in which Al-Jazeera brings the veil onto the screen & into its network current affairs, news, & religious programming & how it reported on the story of the veil in France between late 2002 & early 2005. Although much of the extant literature on Al-Jazeera describes it as the "CNN of the Arab world," it is more like an Islamic version of CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network) than the secular or nonreligious CNN (Cable Network News) because of the time it devotes to the views of Islamic religious leaders & the ways in which it promotes Islamic practices. Al-Jazeera is not a "liberal" or "neutral" channel; it is a religious & news channel that allows other programs that are liberal or neutral to be shown occasionally. If the news broadcast on Al-Jazeera is pluralist, the religious message that it disseminates almost daily is monodenominational. The author argues that Al-Jazeera is using the issue of the veil in France to influence viewers in France & Europe, build a global Muslim identity, mobilize a shared public opinion, & construct an imagined transnational Muslim community. Figures, Appendixes, References. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2006 by the President and the Fellows of Harvard College.]

Intercultural Communications as a Clash of Civilisations: Al-Jazeera and Qatar's Soft Power, by Tel Samuel-Azran. New York: Peter Lang, 2016. 172 pages. ISBN 978-1-4331-2264-4 WITH the current stand-off between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their allies, Samuel-Azran's book is extremely timely. Launched in 1996, Al-Jazeera now broadcasts on multiple channels and in four languages at a cost of $650 million a year. It reaches 260 million homes in 130 countries.

Al Jazeera's motto, 'The opinion and the other opinion', is the natural starting point for a review of its mission to widen the boundaries of public conversation in the Arab world and the world at large. All responsible mass media have a similar motto or goal: to represent and discover the many voices that comprise one's community, to provide a place and context for the expression of opinion, and to lead in the granting of mutual respect. The world-regarded Social Responsibility Theory of the press holds this goal as its core. Any conversation about media mission and vision includes the metaphor: voice of the voiceless. What range of voices does Al Jazeera broadcast as duty, privilege, for purposes of peace? What voices would Al Jazeera never cover, and why? How does Al Jazeera keep itself accountable to the 'mission of voice' as it negotiates the challenging political, religious and developmental ecology of the Middle East? Finally, what can Al Jazeera teach other media companies and constituencies as it continues to grow and articulate its own mission? The importance of the voice is pertinent in the argument that recovering voice challenges the dominant neoliberal politics opposed to Al Jazeera's contra flow.

"This book reveals how Al Jazeera and its news coverage became a force for change politically, socially and culturally in the Middle East in general, and the Arab World in particular. It explores pre-Al Jazeera and post-Al Jazeera representations of humanitarian crises and identifies a potentially significant partnership between the news organizations and humanitarian actors. By tracing the evolution of the news network, the book sheds new light on how Al Jazeera effected change in the Global South. The research identifies a significant relationship between Al Jazeera's news coverage and the ability to forecast international humanitarian actions, politically and militarily. It also explores the potential for continued partnership between humanitarian actors and news organization to identify crises in their early stages. Lastly, the book examines the distinct, original lexicon developed by Al Jazeera for humanitarian affairs and shows how the network influenced international media stylebooks and changed humanitarian coverage on key global issues. A compelling examination of Al Jazeera's news operation that will be of interest to students and scholars of Media Studies, Political Communication, Journalism and News Reporting, International Politics and the Media, and Arab Media"--