Focuses on the representational practices of the Turkish media concerning post-September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. Discussion on orientalism; Islamic identity of Turkey; Relationship of Turkey with the West.
The specialized press is of great importance because it offers special and specialized content and materials that are more attractive to the recipient audience, not like the public press that provides content to all audiences without discrimination, classification, or the adoption of prior standards. and specialized journalism is gaining the attention of scholars and researchers in the fie…
A telephone survey was conducted of Kuwaiti citizens' preferences for two types of national news programmes. Of the 490 Kuwaiti respondents, about 82% viewed the Al-Jazeera satellite channel (JSC), a liberal television model that provides news and political programming, while 98% watched the news and political programmes on Kuwaiti Television (KTV), a government television model. Two factor ana…
Guided by framing theory, a quantitative content analysis was conducted on news programming from five transnational satellite news channels that broadcast to/from the Arab world—Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English, Al Arabiya, Alhurra, and BBC Arabic. The project examined if differences exist between the networks, and between two dimensions of a network taxonomy—western and liberal commercial…
This article analyzes Saddam Hussein's image as portrayed by the three leading Spanish television prime-time newscasts during the Iraq war, from 24 February to 1 May 2003. The television channels involved are the public broadcaster, TVE-1, and two commercial stations, Antena 3 and Telecinco. On one hand, the characteristics attributed to Saddam Hussein as a leader and his relationship with the …
This article examines the practice of news journalists at Iraqiya, the Iraqi state broadcaster, in the context of the continuing conflict in Iraq. The paper draws on eighteen months of fieldwork at the channel's headquarters in Baghdad and on interviews with media practitioners throughout the news department. In this article, I show how Iraqiya news employees redefine media professionalism and …
The research aims to identify the new reality of Iraq’s international relations through the news coverage carried out by Al-Iraqiya TV since the size and nature of the coverage indicate the extent to which these relations have reached. The research problem is summarized by the main question (what is the size and nature of news coverage of Iraq’s international relations in the Iraqi News Cha…