NYT Mag: The War Inside the Arab Newsroom
New York Times Magazine on Al Arabiya:
Al Arabiya's sophisticated production values set it apart from other Arab news channels. Its sets and graphics have a clean, high-tech look, and its news bulletins are fast-paced -- no item lasts longer than two and a half minutes -- and are introduced with a dramatic drumbeat. While Al Jazeera anchors sit at a desk in front of a drab two-dimensional backdrop that looks a little like a local American news set from the 1970's, Al Arabiya's news is broadcast from the floor of its futuristic in-the-round silver-and-glass newsroom. More
Posted by Matthew Burton on January 2, 2005 at 03:14 PM in Al Arabiya, Middle East media | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (290)
Post-Saddam Media Flourishes, Not Without Controversy
IPS-Inter Press Service September 17, 2004, Friday
By Peyman Pejman
BAGHDAD - Since the fall of Saddam Hussein and his regime last year, one of the clearest signs that a new Iraq has emerged is the flourishing media business.
But their coverage, and that of international Arabic-language satellite channels such as Al-Arabiye and Al-Jazeera, has been subject to much debate. U. S. and many Iraqi officials say the coverage has been biased and has provoked violence.
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Posted by Matthew Burton on September 17, 2004 at 11:08 AM in Al Arabiya, Al-Sabah, Aljazeera, Media landscape | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (195)
Arab Advisors Group releases Saudi media audience study
Al Jazeera viewers base in Saudi Arabia is 5 times larger than United States Sponsored AlHurra's audience. Al Hurra's credibility scores are quite bad in contrast with those of Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya.
A new scientific survey by the Arab Advisors Group revealed that close to 89% of Arab households in Saudi Arabia have Satellite TVs. The results also revealed that Arab SAT TV Viewers in Saudi Arabia have little trust in AlHurra News Channel. In contrast Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya news channels have much higher credibility amongst a much larger viewers base. The survey covered all channels viewed in Saudi Arabia be they news, music, sports and general entertainment. Radio listening patterns were also covered by the survey.
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Posted by Matthew Burton on September 5, 2004 at 11:17 AM in Al Arabiya, Alhurra, Aljazeera, Middle East media | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (99)
CSM on violence, imagery and propaganda
Militia's other weapon: videos
BAGHDAD - Video has become an important propaganda tool in the Mahdi Army fight against the US, which continued Tuesday in Najaf.
Abu Mujtaba is not your typical filmmaker. He doesn't have an agent, he doesn 't aspire to move to Hollywood, and his interest in film is chillingly practical. He considers Black Hawk Down a "great film," for instance, because it shows him how to kill Americans.
Abu Mujtaba is a member of the media department of Moqtada al-Sadr's Shiite militia. He uses a tiny digital Sony Handycam instead of a Kalashnikov and is one of a half-dozen guerrilla filmmakers who record their acts of war to encourage their followers, spread their beliefs, and portray what they see as the heroism of Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army. More
Posted by Matthew Burton on August 25, 2004 at 12:37 PM in Al Arabiya, Aljazeera, Violence in broadcasting | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (214)
Arabs in Control - by Joshua Hammer - Newsweek International
Networks: The official U.S. efforts to shape opinion on the Arab Street are also-rans in a growing competition between new Arabic TV stations.
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Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on April 20, 2004 at 03:06 PM in Al Arabiya, Aljazeera, Middle East media, New television, Press freedom | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (200)
