33. Author: Sami Al Khaznadar Title: Surveying the Views of Professors of Political Science and Media on the Extent of Al Jazeera’s Professionalism Publisher: Al Jazeera Centre for Studies Year: 2008 Language: Arabic
Description: This book analyzes and presents the findings of a poll conducted by the ‘Knowledge Center’ to understand ‘the views of professors of political science and media in the Arab world on the professionalism of Al Jazeera’s journalism’. The work took eleven months to complete and covered nineteen Arab countries. Forty-six skilled researchers specialized in this area participated in this project. The results of the survey and the preliminary report was reviewed in a special workshop under the supervision of a scientific committee of professors and experts in the fields of political science, information and statistics. The book provides an informed assessment of Al Jazeera’s professional performance, explains its popularity among Arab academic elites and identifies the most watched Arab news channel by these elites. 34. Author: James Painter Title: Counter-Hegemonic News: A Case Study of Al Jazeera English and Telesur Publisher: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, UK Year: 2008 Language: English Description: This decade has seen the rapid growth of 24-hour television news channels, many with global reach and impact. Some of these aspire to challenge the hegemonic power of the BBC and CNN charged with propagating a Western viewpoint, masked by claims of impartiality. The debate on impartiality, and on the supposed tyranny of a global narrative controlled by Western broadcasters, is one of the most hotly contested in international journalism today. In this book, James Painter examines two major and controversial news channels from the South, Al Jazeera English and Venezuelaʼs Telesur. Do these two channels succeed in offering a counter-hegemonic perspective on world news? In what ways is their output different from, and better or worse than, that of the leading Western broadcasters?
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