Abdul-Mageed, M. M., and Herring, S. C. (2008). Arabic and English news coverage on aljazeera.net. In: F. Sudweeks, H. Hrachovec, and C. Ess (Eds.), Proceedings of Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication 2008 (CATaC'08), Nimes, France, June 24-27. Preprint: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/catac08.aljazeera.pdf
Abstract.
The controversial Al Jazeera network, with its Arabic and English news websites, is an interesting object for comparative study. This study compares the two language versions in terms of their layouts and the structural features, regional and thematic coverage, and ideological perspective reflected in the headlines of news reports. Content analysis and critical discourse analysis revealed differences between the two versions for all aspects except for thematic coverage, indicating systematic biases in coverage, alongside efforts to present ideological balance.
Link: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/catac08.aljazeera.pdf
4 comments:
interresting enough
try to compare between arabic and international bbc and cnn about prisoners swap between israel & Hezbullah last week
i will fetch some links latter, i am now attending your session about arabic wikipedia
Hello,
I'm writing a thesis where I need to use Al Jazeera and CNN content in my analysis. Since you have worked with it already, I wanted to ask whether using this content doesn't break any copyrights. Maybe I need to get a permission? Or using it for academic purposes is alright? Thanks.
@Anonymous: It depends on the exact type of content. Publicly available content is usually fine to use, but each institution may have some nuances as to how it should be used. So, you probably need to check with your home institution's regulation.
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