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Counter-hegemonic news

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A case study of Al-Jazeera English and Telesur
Abstract:

This decade has seen the rapid growth of 24-hour television news channels, many with global reach. Some of these aspire to challenge the 'hegemonic' power of the BBC and CNN—charged with propagating a Western viewpoint, masked by claims of impartiality. The debate on impartiality, and on the supposed tyranny of a global narrative controlled by Western broadcasters, is one of the most hotly contested in international journalism today.

This pioneering study examines two major and controversial new channels—the world network which is Al Jazeera English and Venezuela’s Telesur. Do they succeed in offering a 'counter-hegemonic' perspective on world news? In what ways is their output different from, and better or worse than, that of the leading Western broadcasters?

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Politics & Int Relations
Sub department:
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
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Publisher:
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Series:
RISJ Challenges
Place of publication:
http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/publications/risj-challenges
Publication date:
2008-01-01
Edition:
Publisher's version
ISBN:
9780955888922


Language:
English
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2011-05-18
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