The Making of Arab News

By (author) Noha Mellor

Publication date:

03 February 2005

Length of book:

176 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9780742538184

Since September 11, Arab and American journalists have been trading barbs, accusing each other of bias and a lack of objectivity. But is news coverage in Arab countries all that different from American coverage? The Making of Arab News draws comparisons, including examples of Arabic news language and their English translations, to show how Arab news values have been Americanized and how these values are reflected in the language used in the Arab news. Noha Mellor further discusses claims that the current development in the Arab news media could be the first step toward democratization.

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Introduction
Part 3 Part I
Chapter 4 1 The Arab Region: Similarities and Differences
Chapter 5 2 History of Arab News
Chapter 6 3 Categorization of Arab Press: Rugh's Typology Revisited
Chapter 7 4 News Values
Part 8 Part II
Chapter 9 5 The News Genre
Chapter 10 6 MSA: The Language of News
Chapter 11 7 Values in Language
Chapter 12 Conclusion
Chapter 13 References

The Making of Arab News is a good contribution to Arab Media Studies. It offers an unprecedented rich mélange of literature on the topic, drawing on empirical research conducted by both Arab and Western scholars. A very informative book.