REVIEW: Noted: Al Jazeera a classic example of soft power
Author(s) -
Philip Cass
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pacific journalism review – te koakoa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2324-2035
pISSN - 1023-9499
DOI - 10.24135/pjr.v23i2.342
Subject(s) - soft power , power (physics) , publishing , media studies , project commissioning , political science , launched , history , law , sociology , engineering , china , physics , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics
Intercultural Communications as a Clash of Civilisations: Al-Jazeera and Qatar's Soft Power, by Tel Samuel-Azran. New York: Peter Lang, 2016. 172 pages. ISBN 978-1-4331-2264-4 WITH the current stand-off between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their allies, Samuel-Azran’s book is extremely timely. Launched in 1996, Al-Jazeera now broadcasts on multiple channels and in four languages at a cost of $650 million a year. It reaches 260 million homes in 130 countries.
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