List Books » Al-Jazeera: Inside the Arab News Network that Rattles Governments and Redefines Modern Journalism
Authors: Mohammed El-nawawy, Adel Iskandar
ISBN-13: 9780813341491, ISBN-10: 0813341493
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: August 2003
Edition: REV
Mohammed el-Nawawy, Egyptian born and raised, has worked as a journalist in the Middle East and the U.S. The author of The Israeli-Egyptian Peace Process in the Reporting of Western Journalists, he is an assistant professor of Communications at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. Adel Iskander, an Egyptian-Canadian, is an expert on Middle East media. He has conducted studies on viewership of Arab media and the use of North American media by Arab immigrants. He has lived in Kuwait and in Egypt for many years, and currently teaches communication at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. Mohammed el-Nawawy, Egyptian born and raised, has worked as a journalist in the Middle East and the U.S. The author of The Israeli-Egyptian Peace Process in the Reporting of Western Journalists, he is an assistant professor of Communications at Stonehill College in Massachusetts. Adel Iskander, an Egyptian-Canadian, is an expert on Middle East media. He has conducted studies on viewership of Arab media and the use of North American media by Arab immigrants. He has lived in Kuwait and in Egypt for many years, and currently teaches communication at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Offers a first look at the all-Arab news network and its controversial role in the Arab world
Preface | ||
1 | We Are What We Watch | 1 |
2 | A Major League Channel in a Minor League Country | 21 |
3 | The Battle for the Arab Mind | 45 |
4 | Big Voice, Tiny Country: Al-Jazeera in Qatar | 71 |
5 | Boxing Rings: Al-Jazeera's Talk Shows | 91 |
6 | Hero or Heretic? Al-Jazeera and Arab Governments | 113 |
7 | Al-Jazeera Scoops the World | 143 |
8 | Al-Jazeera and the West: The Love-Hate Relationship | 175 |
Epilogue | 197 | |
Notes | 217 | |
Sources and References | 225 | |
Index | 231 |