49. Author: Leon Barkho Title: News from the BBC, CNN, and Al Jazeera: How the Three Broadcasters Cover the Middle East Publisher: Hampton Press, US Date: 2010 Language: English
Description: International broadcasters no longer rely on their screens. Their coverage is currently available in a variety of forms and on different platforms. In the current digital age, they have more power to influence and shape our lives, opinions, and attitudes than ever before. The book examines the three media giants’ how, who, why, and what of news discourse, focusing on the coverage of the Middle East. Did not the former U.S. administration of President George W. Bush contemplate bombing Al Jazeera? Did not former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dismiss it as a ‘mouthpiece of Al Qaeda’, calling it ‘vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable’. The book explains what politicians think of media and paves the way for scholars and students to further investigate media organizations. 50. Author: Jeremy Sharp
Title: The Al Jazeera News Network: Opportunity or Challenge for US Foreign Policy in the Middle East Publisher: Ninety-nine Cent Publishing, US Year: 2010 Language: English
Description: Al Jazeera, the Arab world’s first all-news network has become a key player in covering issues of central importance to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East: the conflict in Iraq, the war on terrorism, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Al Jazeera has become so publicly influential that U.S. officials now regularly appear on the network. Although Al Jazeera has received praise for its uncensored format and for airing interviews with U.S. and Israeli officials, as well as Arab critics of the policies of Arab governments. This book provides an overview of Al Jazeera and explores the debate surrounding its objectivity. It analyses the channel’s coverage of events in the Middle East, specifically events in Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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