21. Author: Olivia Qusaibaty Title: Media Under Pressure: Al Jazeera Toeing the Red Lines Publisher: Book Surge Publishing, US Year: 2006 Language: English
Description: This book investigates the ways in which the media encounters the seemingly diametrically opposed subject and object of discourse, and the competing actors navigating between processes of assimilation and differentiation. Although reporting in an increasingly globalized environment, media discourse continues to be polarized. The author explains Al Jazeera’s emergence as a response to the ‘sudden significance’ of America’s CNN broadcasts during the first Gulf War. There was no alternative with an uncensored Arab voice, and so Al Jazeera was born. Qusaibaty argues that although Al Jazeera’s mission is to voice diverse opinions, the channel has been inaccurately evaluated based on either positive or negative biases. Using framing analysis of three programmes, the book examines Al Jazeera’s contribution to creating a public space for dialogue. 22. Author: Ali Kenana Title: The Media and the Systems of Delusion: Al Jazeera as a Case Study Publisher: Dar Al-Sharq, Qatar Year: 2006 Language: Arabic Description: This book examines the impact of Al Jazeera on the Arab media. It emphasizes the importance of sober and impartial scientific research in dealing with issues of Arab media and the extended impact of Al Jazeera on the consciousness of the masses and their thoughts. Al Jazeera played an important role in raising the public awareness and knowledge, which has been framed with falsehood and confiscation of the other opinion. The author also offers criticism of Al Jazeera whenever he felt it was valid and necessary. The book records and analyzes the performance of the channel over ten years in order to explore the heart and the operating system of this institution, which created a new media reality characterized with boldness and fearless journalism.
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