Al Jazeera English: Global News in a Changing World

by Philip Seib

Book Overview

Although Al Jazeera English has yet to receive to receive the attention accorded to its Arabic-language elder sibling, it is in many ways the more interesting of the two. It seeks to redefine global news coverage by focusing on areas traditionally neglected by most news organizations, and its potential audience is many times larger than that of the Arabic channel. Its coverage of the 2011 Arab Spring brought the channel a large new audience. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230340210
• ISBN13: 9780230340213
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"