other disciplines including political science, geopolitics, international relations, crises management, translation and linguistic studies, cultural studies, and legal studies. Second: on thematic specialisation: Researchers in media and communication have been interested in a wide range of topics such as news reports (1) , newscasts (2) , investigations and documentaries (3) , con- tent analysis (4) , discourse analysis (5) , agenda setting and news fram-
(1) See for example, Ahmed Zawiti›s thesis entitled Field Television News Report: the Case of Al Jazeera , (Master thesis, University of The Hague, Netherlands, 2011). (2) See for example, Rahim Mazid Ali al-Kaabi›s Thesis, Al Jazeera News Values: Analytical Study of Al Jazeera’s News Bulletins , (PhD thesis, Baghdad University, 2001). (3) See for example, Assem Jaradat›s thesis, Documentaries of Political Conflicts: Analysis of Al Jazeera’s Top-Secret Series , (Master thesis, Middle East University, Jordan, 2009). (4) See for example, Mohsen Al-Kanani’s study, The Art of Dialogue in Arab Satellite Chan- nels: Analysis of the Content of Live Talk Shows on Al Jazeera Satellite Channel , (Master thesis, University of Baghdad, 2005). See also, Rachid Van Holst, Comparing CNN International, BBC World and Al Jazeera English: A Content Analysis , (Master thesis, University of Amster- dam, 2009). (5) Magdi Ahmed Kandil, The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in American, Arab, and British Media: Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis of CNN, Al Jazeera and BBC , (PhD Thesis, Georgia State University, 2009).
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