Religion and the media are today intertwined in powerful and profound ways. This reflects a situation of much significance. The dilemma is that (for many) the media is the central source of information about religions other than our own, and yet it seems ill prepared for the role it plays. Besides, religion can no longer control its own story or its own symbols, or how these religious ideas, sy…
Information about a round table organized by the International Association of Middle Eastern Studies at the "2010 World Congress of Middle East Studies" held in Barcelona, Spain is presented. The aim of the round table was to bring to the attention of the global community of Middle East Studies academics and policy makers a new form of attack on critical thought and journalism. The round table …
This research examines the future of television work in light of the challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI). The study aims to explore the impact of AI on the form and content of television messages and identify areas where AI can be employed in television production. This study adopts a future-oriented exploratory approach, utilizing survey methodology. As the research focuses on for…
The author discusses the role of new mass media in sustaining the momentum of the Arab revolution by broadcasting uncensored developments on the Internet. The popularity of political protests across the Middle East was marked by the development of satellite technology and growth of television channels such as Al-Jazeera, BBC Arabic, France 24 and Al-Hiwar. A new form of citizen journalism agais…
This study critically examines the representation of the 2006 “suspected aircraft terror plot” at Heathrow Airport in London by three mainstream newspapers in New Zealand—theOtago Daily Times, thePress(Press) and theNew Zealand Herald. It seeks to illustrate how these newspapers espoused an Orientalist view of “Islamic Other” in framing the issue by representing Islam and Muslims as…
This article is part of a larger qualitative study that investigates the Lebanese journalism culture and performance in relation to the Israeli forces' operations against Lebanon and their encounters with the Lebanese resistance between 1996 and 2000. News values and objectivity are key aspects of the culture that this paper explores. It is a story about journalism told by a journalist, yet one…
This study investigates the tone of election news coverage in the evening newscasts of four Iraqi satellite TV channels: Iraqia (government-run), Furat (Shiite), Hurria (Kurdish) and Baghdad (Sunni) for two weeks leading up to the general election. A total sample of 56 evening newscasts containing 857 news stories that were related to the election was analysed. Although all channels claimed to …
This study investigates the tone of political candidates' election coverage in the evening newscasts of four Iraqi satellite television channels: Iraqia (state-run), Furat (Shiite), Hurria (Kurdish), and Baghdad (Sunni) for the 14 days leading up to the 7th of March 2010 Iraqi general election. Iraq is believed to have a new liberal and plural media that emerged after 2003 which is different fr…
Representing Palestine Media and Journalism in Australia since World War I, by Peter Manning Peter Manning, I Representing Palestine Media and Journalism in Australia since World War I i , London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2018. Manning's analysis of the special and staff correspondents in Palestine during 1947 and 1948 allow his thirty years of journalistic expertise to shine through.
This study aims at identifying and analyzing the professional values of journalists working in the Gulf newspapers. The research methodology was the survey methodology and included a questionnaire, which was used to collect data from a representative sample of the target group of the study that account for 111 journalists in the GCC. The research concluded that the journalists in the Gulf State…