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"American-Style Journalism
and Arab World Television: An Exploratory Study of News Selection at Six Arab
World Satellite Television Channels" by Muhammed I. Ayish
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References
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| Table 1: News Topics |
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TV Service
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Political
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Economic
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Military
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Cultural
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Civil Strife
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Nat. Disaster
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Other
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Total
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no. / %
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no. / %
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no. / %
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no. / %.
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no. / %
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no. / %
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no. / %
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no.
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ADSC
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42 / 58.3
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8 / 11.1
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2/2.7
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2 / 2.7
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6 / 8.3
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4 / 5.5
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8 / 11.1
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72
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Al-Jazeera
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55 / 77.4
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8 / 11.2
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0 / 0
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0 / 0
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6 / 8.4
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0 / 0
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2 / 2.81
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71
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LBC
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61/ 74.3
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8 / 9.75
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1 / 1.21
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0 / 0
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7 / 8.5
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0 / 0
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5 / 6.09
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82
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MBC
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52 / 78.7
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10 / 15.1
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0 / 0
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0 / 0
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3 / 4.5
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0 / 0
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1 / 1.51
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66
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SSC
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53 / 75.7
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1 / 1.42
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5 / 7.14
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0 / 0
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4 / 5.7
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4 / 5.7
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3 / 4.28
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70
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Total
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263 / 72.8
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35 / 9.69
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8 / 2.21
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2 / 0.5
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26 / 7.2
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8 / 2.2
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19 / 5.26
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361
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| Table 2: News Format |
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TV Service
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Report
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Interview
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Voiceover
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On-camera
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no / %
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no / %
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no / %
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no / %
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Total
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ADSC
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27 / 37.5
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3 / 4.16
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39 / 54.1
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3 / 4.16
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72
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Al-Jazeera
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25 / 35.2
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9 / 12.6
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34 / 47.8
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3 / 4.22
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71
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LBC
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57 / 69.5
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2 /2.43
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22 / 26.8
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1 / 1.21
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82
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MBC
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11 / 16.6
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2 / 3.03
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50 / 7.57
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3 / 4.54
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66
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SSC
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2 / 2.85
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1 / 1.42
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51 / 72.8
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16 / 22.8
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70
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| Table 3: Area of Coverage |
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TV Service
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Local
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Pan-Arab
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International
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no / %
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no / %
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no / %
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Total
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ADSC
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0 / 0
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40 / 55.5
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32 / 44.4
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72
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Al-Jazeera
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0 / 0
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52 / 73.2
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19 / 26.7
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71
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LBC
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0 / 0
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36 / 43.9
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46 / 56
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82
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MBC
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0 / 0
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32 / 48.4
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34 / 51.5
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66
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SSC
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14
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40 / 57.1
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26 / 37.1
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70
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