A dialogue between Al Jazeera London bureau chief Yosri Fouda and TBS Publisher and Senior Editor S. Abdallah Schleifer. SAS: Your special report " Top Secret: The Road to September 11th" broadcast in two installments last September by Al Jazeera contains the most detailed and undisputed confirmation by Al-Qa'ida leaders Khalid …
Read More »Chris Cramer Of CNNI Asks NewsXchange’s Conference Participants “Did Our World Really Change After Sep. 11?
Alternately provocative and entertaining, Cramer asked the question "Did our world really change after September 11?" The following is a transcript of his address. "All of us need to change the way we think. If we don't we are going to die—and none of our audiences are going …
Read More »Communication and Race: A Structural Approach (1998)
Gandy, Oscar H. Jr. Communication and Race: A Structural Approach. London: Arnold, 1998. Reviewed by Brian Shoesmith, School of Communications and Multimedia, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. This book is an attempt to achieve a comprehensive survey of the current state of race and the media. The book comprises six …
Read More »Reflections on the Arab Satellites, the Palestinian Intifada, and the Israeli War
Despite the fact that the media has long been the most important state apparatus in the Middle East, now, in light of the amazing developments in the field of media, it is impossible to find a correlation between the views promoted by a state or party and those promoted by …
Read More »Media Groups Protest Israeli Harassment, Attacks
APRIL 20, 2002: Media organizations and watch groups around the world have complained to the Israeli government after multiple incidents of journalists being harassed, barred from covering the news, and in some cases shot at or expelled from the country. On April 3, BBC World News Editor Jonathan Baker protested to …
Read More »Jasim Al-Azzawi, Abu Dhabi Channel Anchor and Executive Producer
"This Won't Be Limited to Abu Dhabi TV" On April 6, 2002 journalists from Reuters, AP, and print and TV news organizations around the world reported on how a fellow journalist, Abu Dhabi Channel anchor and executive producer Jasim Al-Azzawi, was expelled from Jerusalem by the Israeli authorities. Israel claimed it …
Read More »Mohamed Dourrachad, Deputy Director, Abu Dhabi Television
Abu Dhabi Television consists of three channels: the Emirates Channel, which focuses mainly on the Gulf region; the Abu Dhabi Sports Channel, a pay channel carried in the Middle East on the Showtime platform; and the Abu Dhabi Channel, which includes an extensive news operation that has gained a great …
Read More »Eason Jordan, CNN Chief News Executive
Eason Jordan, chief news executive and newsgathering president for the CNN News Group, talked to TBS Managing Editor Sarah Sullivan about covering Afghanistan, the Middle East, and other hot spots; whether US audiences are talking more of an interest in world news in the wake of September 11; and how …
Read More »Electronic Media and Industrialized Nations: A Comparative Study (1999)
Donald R. Browne: Electronic Media and Industrialized Nations: A Comparative Study. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1999. Reviewed by Keval J. Kumar, University of Poona, India. Broadcasting systems in both the industrialized and developing countries have witnessed revolutionary changes during the last two decades. Cable, satellite, and digital technologies have …
Read More »Global Electronic Commerce: Theory and Case Studies (1999)
Westland, J.C. and Clark, T.H.K. (1999) Global Electronic Commerce: Theory and Case Studies. Cambridge: MIT Press. Reviewed by Tino O. Fenech, School of Marketing and Management, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia. The version of the book reviewed was the fourth reprint of the 1999 first edition. Because it was released …
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