The Media And Its Effects On The Arab Countries And The Results Thereof

The media’s job is to entertain, inform, and educate society on what is going on around the world. The media entertains society by reporting stories that amuse people. The educational function of the media is about allowing society to know their legal rights. The informational aspect of the media does not need to be explained; it is self-explanatory. Within the last three decades, the media’s role has changed dramatically. The media went from using telegraphs, post offices, newspapers, magazines, radio, and television to using cell phones and tablets. In the modern era, which is also sometimes referred to as the information age, global networking and global communication have shaped modern societies. The majority of

In today’s society, remaining connected and knowledgeable of current events and the newest trends is vital to staying ahead in business, education, and social standing. This information is supplied to everyone through the internet, newspapers, television, and radio. One can tune into stations such as CNN, NBC, Fox News, Al-Jazeera, and many others (“SQs of Media Outlets”). In order to meet the needs of viewers, readers, and listeners, the ideal media system would contain accurate, quick information, with a purely impartial view on the facts as they are known. However, this modern media system has not maintained an objective view, pushing opinionated and slanted reporting onto the population in order to create profit and gain customers. The exploitation of information media for personal gain has created a toxic and inaccurate present, constant in today’s society.

Ever since the outbreak of war in both Iraq and Afghanistan there has been a large interest surrounding the news coverage of international conflicts and the governments’ best efforts to manage it. The truth is often blurred in the ‘fog of war’, as Knightly (2003) wrote in The First Casualty and it had started to manifest within the reporting of Iraq as the government pushed for sympathetic media coverage to legitimise and sustain war. The media was acknowledged as essential for the propaganda to “win the hearts and minds” (Allan & Zelizer, 2004) of the public. Therefore, from the pre-war period and onwards, many media conglomerates became competitive in a pressure to be ‘first’ to report on the war. This resulted in the increased use of ‘embedded’ journalists. However, these journalists were soon faced obstacles of censorship from the military and political officials, as the government tried to “spread the idea the war is an acceptable part of modern life.” (Miller, 2003, p. 68)

What news and how that specific news is presented to the people of Iran. But since the introduction of the internet is has played a key role in the circulation news and information. The government hasn’t taken kindly to this new development in technology. The authorities often accuse social networks of being tools in the pay of western powers that are plotting against the government. There have been several ways the government has found to try to slow these types of things from happening. The connection speed has played a key role in how the government has tried to control this issue. Internet

New technology During the 1990s, the creation of advanced news-gathering equipment, the apparent growth of the 24-hour news channel, the increase of transnational media organizations and the spread of the internet platforms suggests the arrival of a more pluralized public sphere. The overall effect of these technological developments, according to many analysts, was a reduction in government control over information and a news media that was likely to be more aggressive and ‘off-message’. Within the media analyst Hoskins review titled “War and Media” he states that new technology, rather than empowering media and deepening

Coming from a suburban town filled with rich white people, I did not encounter much diversity, especially in the context of religion. To this day, I do not personally know anyone who practices the Islamic faith or identifies themselves as Muslim, leaving much of what I know about Muslims to be based on what the media portrays them to be. Growing up in a Post – 9/11 world, I often blindly followed the tediously long precautions of airport security and became increasingly fearful of the people around me that covered up their skin. I succumbed to the demonizing media portrayal of Muslims that only showed the Islamic faith in a negative light. Like many Americans, I thought Muslims were dirty Arabs whose sole purpose was to strike terror in our

    For decades, the media portrayal of the Arab culture and Islam has contributed to a skewed public opinion in America. Looking closely at the news coverage concerning the Middle East and the United States, there is an inherent media bias against Arabs and Muslims as foreign threats to domestic security. Stephen Franklin argues that "Islamic nations are often portrayed in news reports as uniformly intolerant and anti-democratic" (Franklin 17). Unfortunately, such coverage has contributed to the public and government misconceptions of all Arabs and Muslims as terrorists. According to Fawaz Gerges, "terrorism has emerged as one of the most important political issues in the United

The “media has an important role in the racialization process” of American citizens jumping to the conclusion that Muslims are terrorists (Elver 150). Mass media did not even let its citizens reflect on what just happened, they just jumped in to the scene interviewing individuals on site, who described the horrifying scenes they had witnessed.

With the introduction of the internet news consumption and peoples news consumption has changed significantly, as well as the way in which news organizations provide content to the public. The author of this study seeks to investigate the consumption methods of individuals, and compare the rate at which news is collected through the traditional print-based medium, and also the new online format. In order to do this they use the incredibly popular CNN.com as well as www.nytimes.com and their print-based counter parts to investigate determinants of international news reporting.

In the United States, we seem to have dozens of news networks, and most of the time, everything that is put out by these networks is considered as fact. We rely so much on these news networks for our view into the outside world, and most of the time, one would not think to question them. Jehane Joujaim’s 2004 documentary, Control Room, covers “one of the most controversial news channels in the Arab world” (Joujaim, 2004), Al Jazeera, and brings to light many biases relating to the coverage of the 2003 Iraq war. Joujaim places Al Jazeera on a pedestal, and emphasizes the importance of that particular news network in Arab culture and society, as well as many of the problems that stem from the subjective media coverage of wars or invasions. It is difficult to discuss Joujaim’s documentary as a whole without discussing the most important aspect that I have taken from the film, and that is the topic of biases in the media.

During the 19th century the Middle East found themselves with a problem of establishing an identity or nationalism. Through defensive developmentalism the Middle East had sought to counter the imperialistic approach of the West, yet still begin to modernize their land. The world was developing rapidly and the Middle East wanted to ensure that they did not fall behind. However, the approach backfired and the Middle East found themselves struggling to establish their own modern identity and falling victim to becoming more like the Europeans. Many new ideas and new movements developed through Middle Easterners, some wanted to modernize and began to fuse European and Arabic tradition, while others wanted to re-establish Islamic tradition. Most detrimental to these new ideas and movements was the emergence of the modern public sphere. The modern public sphere flowed into all aspects of these new movements and had many effects on the Middle East. In essence, this idea of modernization would combine with the imperialism of European thoughts, as well as components of the industrial revolution and would lay the foundation for the fusing of the Europeans with Islamic traditions.

Of the most significant advantages of ONTV channel is that it put an end to the era where the government monopolies media, especially with the availability of alternative channels, since the last nineties, shrinking economic role for governments in most Arab countries, in the light of market trends in the economy of the future, moreover, The remarkable flow of media across the channel in the growing strength of the impact of public opinion. Also, there was a magnificent change in the professional performance of the Arab media level because of the competitions between channels.

Both traditional and new media provide information, news and messages to inform us happenings around the world (UK Essays, 2013). Regardless of if it is the newspaper, magazine or Facebook, e-magazine, all types of media are able to relay information and entertainment.

“When I think Islam, I think belly dancers, bombs, and billionaires” This is something I have heard from many people’s mouths. When people think of the word Islam, or Muslim, a certain generalized picture comes to mind. I am sure this picture involves such things as sand, camels, oil, covered women, hookah, amongst other things. Though this is what the Western media generalizes Islam as, there is much more to Islam than the three B’s and these pictures that come to mind. Islam is not only a religion but is also a way of life. Like many things, Islam is stereotyped, generalized, and misunderstood. When most of us think of Islam we think of the “oppressed” women and “messed up” laws and we fail to see the truths of Islam and what it really stands for.

State-controlled newspapers have also shown that their reports are approved, if not written, by the security apparatus. People were shocked to see the headlines of the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper on 26 January, after a day of massive protests in different Egyptian cities: “Widespread protests and disturbances in Lebanon”. Egyptian state television was no better. While the streets were teeming with protests, it offered its usual mix of cookery programmes and soap operas. The demonstrations were, no doubt, happening in another country.