Figenschou, Tine Ustad

Al Jazeera and the global media landscape: the south is talking back/ Tine Ustad Figenschou. - New York : Routledge, 2014. - x,208p. : ill. ; 23cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-204), appendix, and index.

Introduction: the Al Jazeera moment -- A strategic contra-flow? Al Jazeera-Qatari relations -- Editorial strategies: the challenges of "reporting back" -- Reversing the news flow? news geography on Al Jazeera English -- A voice of the voiceless: Al Jazeera English's source hierarchies -- Challenging the spin: the Gaza War 2008-9 -- Suffering up-close: Al Jazeera English's dramatic visualizations -- Beyond the Arab Spring: the structural contradictions of Al Jazeera.

9780415814430 (alk. paper)


Television broadcasting of news--Political aspects--Qatar.

079.174927 / FIG/A