Media power and global television news : the role of Al Jazeera English /

The Middle East has been a particular focus of global crisis reporting. Yet, international coverage of these conflicts has historically been presented through a 'Western' perspective. The absence of Arab voices in the global public sphere has created a discursive gap between the Middle Eas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bebawi, Saba, 1974- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016.
Subjects:	Television broadcasting of news > Arab countries. Al Jazeera English (Television network) Mass media > Political aspects > Arab countries.

Table of Contents:

Al Jazeera English and media power
News networks and the 'global public sphere'
Al Jazeera as 'alternative'?
Discursive media power
- Before the Arab Spring
Post-Arab Spring
Forces of discursive media power.