[ecrea] Al-Jazeera and US War Coverage

>NEW BOOK from Peter Lang



>Al-Jazeera and US War Coverage =0Ah=
>ttp://www.amazon.com/Al-Jazeera-War-Coverage-Tal-Samuel-Azran/dp/1433108658=
>=0A(Peter Lang, 2010)=0A=0ASince the eve of the war in Afghanistan, Al-Jaze=
>era has become a global =0Ahousehold name and a news source that cannot be =
>ignored. Globalization theorists =0Aargue that Al-Jazeera promotes a cross-=
>cultural debate, enforcing a =0Acounter-hegemonic perspective on the West n=
>ot evident in former crises. Through =0Aa comprehensive empirical analysis =
>covering the re-broadcasting of Al-Jazeeras =0Aimages on major U.S. televis=
>ion networks since 9/11, this book draws an =0Aalternative picture, reveali=
>ng that the advent of Al-Jazeera has actually eroded =0Athe counter-hegemon=
>ic debate in U.S. war reporting. It shows how the U.S. =0Agovernment persua=
>ded television networks to systematically reformat legitimate =0Awar images=
>  from Al-Jazeera, labeling it a deviant network, in order to eliminate =0Ac=
>riticism of the war. Moreover, an examination of the U.S. reception by blog=
>gers =0Aand network carriers of Al-Jazeeras English-language website and ch=
>annel reveals =0Athe U.S. administrations continued resolve and ability to =
>limit public =0Adiscourse. =0A=0A=C2=A0=0A=C2=A0=0A*Praise*=0A=0A=0ASamuel-=
>Azran's book provides a timely and necessary contribution to wider =0Adebat=
>es about, and the theorization of, contemporary global news flows and how =
>=0Anew regional news players either help to pluralize and democratize the =
>=0Atraditional Western dominance of news and contribute to an emergent glob=
>al news =0Asphere or, alternatively, become effectively co-opted and politi=
>cally neutered =0Awhen =E2=80=98re-presented=E2=80=99 within and through th=
>e Western news prism=E2=80=A6Going against the =0Agrain of much current thi=
>nking in the field of international and global media =0Ascholarship, Samuel=
>-Azran argues that the spectacular rise of Al-Jazeera should =0Anot be simp=
>ly taken as evidence for an emergent and democratizing global public =0Asph=
>ere.=0AProfessor Simon Cottle, Deputy Head of Media and Communications Scho=
>ol and =0ADirector of the Mediatized Conflict Research Group in the Cardiff=
>  School of =0AJournalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC).=0A=C2=A0=0AEv=
>er since its launch over a decade ago, Al-Jazeera has influenced broadcast =
>=0Ajournalism globally and transformed the Arab television news sphere.=0AI=
>ts coverage of wars and conflicts in the region has earned the pan-Arabic n=
>ews =0Anetwork many admirers and a few powerful adversaries, as Tal Samuel-=
>=0AAzran=E2=80=99s book ably demonstrates This is an empirically strong con=
>tribution to the =0Aliterature on the politics of global news.=E2=80=9D =E2=
>=80=94Daya Thussu, Professor of=0AInternational Communication, University o=
>f Westminster, London; Editor, Global =0AMedia and Comunication, Sage=0A=C2=

>About the Author=0ATal Samuel-Azran is a lecturer in the Sammy Ofe=
>r School of Communications at the =0AInterdisciplinary Center in Herzlia, I=
>srael. He holds a Ph.D. in media and =0Acommunications from the University =
>of Melbourne and has published widely on =0AAl-Jazeera and media globalizat=
>ion. He has also served as a reporter for several =0AIsraeli journals and n=
>ewspapers. He recently co-edited the book New Media and =0AInnovative Techn=
>ologies (2008). =0A=0A=0A

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