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Arab Satellite Television and Crisis Reporting

Covering the Fall of Baghdad

Mohamed Zayani

American University of Sharjah, UAE, Social Science Research Council collaborative project on Arab media; College of Arts and Sciences, PO Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE, mzayani{at}aus.edu

Muhammad I. Ayish

University of Sharjah, College of Communication, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE, miaysh{at}sharjah.ac.ae

The question as to what dictates the choices of various media outlets and what guides the professional practices of journalists when reporting on international military crises is particularly pertinent when considering Arab media, who have been claiming a space in the global media scene by virtue of their intense and often controversial coverage of wars and crises in the postSeptember 11 era. This article is concerned with the coverage of the war against Iraq. It examines how Arab media reported the fall of Baghdad and the collapse of the regime of Saddam Hussein. The study focuses on how three pan-Arab satellite news channels that have been at the forefront of the coverage of the war against Iraq – Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya and Abu Dhabi Channel–handled the news from a narrative and visual perspective.

Key Words: Abu Dhabi Channel • Al Arabiya • Al Jazeera • Arab satellite television • crisis reporting • fall of Baghdad • Gulf War • invasion of Iraq • media and war

International Communication Gazette, Vol. 68, No. 5-6, 473-497 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1748048506068724
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