[ecrea] new book Al Jazeera English: Global News in a Changing World

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *

*CONTACT: *Tabby Davoodi

USC Center on Public Diplomacy

(213) 821-2078

(cpd /at/ usc.edu) <mailto:(cpd /at/ usc.edu)>

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*JUST PUBLISHED: FIRST BOOK TO ASSESS AL JAZEERA ENGLISH NEWS NETWORK*

MARCH 2012, Los Angeles, CA -- USC Center on Public Diplomacy director 
Philip Seib's edited volume, /Al Jazeera English: Global News in a 
Changing World/ (Palgrave Macmillan) is the first book to examine the 
channel's coverage methods, its effects on its audience, and its place 
in the world of mediated geopolitics.

In 2011, as Al Jazeera English covered the upheavals in the Arab world, 
its broadcasts themselves became the subject of news. How did a channel 
not even carried by the major cable television companies in the US come 
to be seen as the premier source for breaking news on the Middle East? 
This volume provides discussion of Al Jazeera English from its launch in 
2006 through today and features analysis that assesses the channel's 
origins, politics, global audience, and coverage of conflict and the 
Arab spring.

"AJE's coverage, like that of any news organization, is far from 
perfect," Seib notes. "It sometimes slips into cheerleading and 
self-congratulation, and it sometimes makes mistakes. Journalism is an 
imperfect craft, and AJE's work is evidence of that. Nevertheless, the 
world of news is richer for having AJE as part of it."

Philip Seib is a professor at the University of Southern California's 
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and is director of 
USC's Center on Public Diplomacy. He is the author and editor of many 
books, including Headline Diplomacy, The Global Journalist, Beyond the 
Front Lines, The Al Jazeera Effect, and Toward a New Public Diplomacy.

For more information about /Al Jazeera English: Global News in a 
Changing World/, or to schedule an interview, please contact Tabby 
Davoodi at (213) 821-2078 or (usc /at/ cpd.edu) <mailto:(usc /at/ cpd.edu)>, or visit 
http://us.macmillan.com/aljazeeraenglish/PhilipSeib

To purchase /Al Jazeera English: Global News in a Changing World/, 
please visit 
http://www.amazon.com/Jazeera-English-Macmillan-International-Communication/dp/0230340210 


For a complete list of all of Philip Seib's books published by Palgrave 
Macmillan, please visit 
http://us.macmillan.com/authordetails.aspx?authorname=philipseib

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