Al Jazeera Case Study Essay

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INTRODUCTION
Television and the internet are gaining in importance as media sources for news in terms of access and news. Television news refers to the broadcast of information regarding current events and happenings through the medium of television. The majority of news stories are pre-recorded reports edited and pieced together by the television networks, while live reports are represented by reporters on the scene, often with the help of a studio reporter. Producers determine what stories are included and excluded, and they thereby influence the outcome of a newscast.
In the current scenario of global news media, the Cable News Network (CNN), British Broadcasting Company (BBC), Al Jazeera currently dominate the share of TV news viewers around the world. In this particular research paper, Al Jazeera is taken as a case study with reference to the content analysis of the show Talk to Al Jazeera.
“Al Jazeera English (AJE) is an international state-funded 24-hour English-language …show more content…

The station broadcasts news features and analysis, documentaries, live debates, current affairs, business, technology, and sports, and claims to be the first global high-definition television network. Al Jazeera English is the world's first English-language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. The channel aims to provide both a regional voice and a global perspective for a potential world audience of over one billion English speakers who do not share the Anglo-American worldview. As of 2009, Al Jazeera's English-language service can be viewed in every major European market and is available to 130 million homes in over 100 countries via cable and satellite, according to Molly Conroy, a spokeswoman for the network in

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