Watching the war against Iraq through pan-Arab satellite TV

It was the first Gulf War in 1991 which led to the satellite television explosion in the Arab world. Arabs then knew about Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait through CNN. Today, Arab satellite channels reach almost every Arab capital and many Middle Eastern and African nations — from Mauritania on the Atlan...

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Autor principal:	Mohamed El-Bendary
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2003
Materias:	Al Jazeera Arab journalism conflict reporting satellite news war correspondence war reporting Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:40e617f8bcbf435aa0b3ab9f5fabd01d2021-12-02T13:03:22ZWatching the war against Iraq through pan-Arab satellite TV10.24135/pjr.v9i1.7531023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/40e617f8bcbf435aa0b3ab9f5fabd01d2003-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/753https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 It was the first Gulf War in 1991 which led to the satellite television explosion in the Arab world. Arabs then knew about Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait through CNN. Today, Arab satellite channels reach almost every Arab capital and many Middle Eastern and African nations — from Mauritania on the Atlantic coast to Iran in the east, from Syria in the north to Djibouti in the south. This battle for the airwaves and boom in satellite channels in the Arab world has become both a tool for integration and dispersion. It is raising a glimpse of hope that the flow of information will no longer be pouring from the West to the East, but from the East to the West. Questions, however, remain about the credibility of news coverage by Arabic networks like the maverick Qatar-based al-Jazeera and whether Arab journalists adhere to journalistic norms upheld in the West. Mohamed El-BendaryAsia Pacific NetworkarticleAl JazeeraArab journalismconflict reportingsatellite newswar correspondencewar reportingCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2003)
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description	It was the first Gulf War in 1991 which led to the satellite television explosion in the Arab world. Arabs then knew about Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait through CNN. Today, Arab satellite channels reach almost every Arab capital and many Middle Eastern and African nations — from Mauritania on the Atlantic coast to Iran in the east, from Syria in the north to Djibouti in the south. This battle for the airwaves and boom in satellite channels in the Arab world has become both a tool for integration and dispersion. It is raising a glimpse of hope that the flow of information will no longer be pouring from the West to the East, but from the East to the West. Questions, however, remain about the credibility of news coverage by Arabic networks like the maverick Qatar-based al-Jazeera and whether Arab journalists adhere to journalistic norms upheld in the West.
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Watching the war against Iraq through pan-Arab satellite TV

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