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Political Programs On Arab Satellite Television, Yasmin Bakir

Archived Theses and Dissertations

This research deals with four different Arab news satellite Television, particularly three different live political programs broadcast on each of Al Jazeera (The Island), Al Manar (The Beacon), Al Arabiya (The Arabia) and Al Hurra (The Free One). The research discusses whether or not each of these four channels follows a particular political agenda, objective, school of thought and point of view. It also discusses the degree of freedom of speech each channel has, whether or not each has the ability to shape Arab politics and if each has any kind of effect in terms of Democracy in the Arab …