part, Ahmed Al-Rawi compared Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya concerning both the audience choices and the channels’ consideration of public sentiments in news coverage (1) . Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya were also compared in Noha Atef’s thesis on their coverage of Egyptian, Arab and international issues and the prioritisation of the Egyptian public (2) . Similarly, Mohamed Sayed’s thesis compares the role of the two chan- nels in shaping the political awareness of Arab communities in Egypt (3) . Reem Abboud’s thesis compares them regarding the relationship be- tween the use of modern technologies and the level of knowledge of the Arab public (4) . Bashir Nawar’s thesis examines public relations and career motivation of media workers in both channels (5) . Further com- parative studies along these same lines can be found in Said Ali Ab- dullah’s thesis on Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya’s coverage of terrorism issues (6) , Mokhtar Elarashi’s thesis on their coverage of Libyan affairs (7) , sity, 2014). (1) Ahmed Al-Rawi, “Assessing Public Sentiments and News Preferences on Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya”, International Communication Gazette , Vol. 79, Issue 1, (2017). (2) Noha Atef, The Role of Arab Satellite Channels’ News Bulletins in setting the priorities of the Egyptian Public towards Egyptian, Arab and International Issues: the Cases of Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya , (PhD Thesis, Cairo University, 2006). (3) Mohamed Sayed, The Role of Satellite Channels in Providing Political Information to Arab Communities in Egypt: A Comparative Study between Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya , (PhD Thesis, Cairo University, 2007). (4) Reem Abboud, The Relationship between Modern Technologies used in Arab News Chan- nels and the Level of Knowledge of the Arab Public on Current Affairs: A Comparative Study between Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya , (PhD Thesis, Cairo University, 2008). (5) Bashir Nawar, The Role of Public Relations in Career Motivation for Media Workers: A Comparative Study between Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya , (PhD Thesis, University of Baghdad, 2009). (6) Saeed Ali Abdullah, Reporting about Terrorism on Two Pan-Arab Television News Chan- nels: Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya , (PhD thesis, University of Leicester, 2004). (7) Mokhtar Elareshi, The Role of Satellite TV Channels as News Sources in Libya: A Study of University Students (Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya) , (PhD thesis, University of Leicester, 2011).
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