Intercultural communication as a clash of civilizations : Al-Jazeera and Qatar's soft power /
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| Author / Creator: | Samuel-Azran, Tal, author. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Peter Lang, [2016] |
| Description: | xxiv, 145 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical intercultural communication studies ; vol. 19 Critical intercultural communication studies ; v. 19. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10873464 |
| Summary: | Intercultural Communication as a Clash of Civilizations argues that Al-Jazeera is not an agent of globalization, as is widely argued, but a tool used by the Qatari government to advance its political as well as Islamist goals. This book also maps the Western tendency to reject the network outright despite Al-Jazeera's billion-dollar investments designed to gain entrance into Western markets; it shows empirically that this rejection is similarly rooted in religious, cultural and national motives. This book asserts that the main outcome of Al-Jazeera's activities is the promotion of religious and cultural conflicts. The network persistently portrays global events through the prism of conflicting religious and cultural values - propelling a clash of civilizations as per Samuel P. Huntington's well-known thesis. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 145 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781433122644 1433122642 9781433122637 1433122634 9781453917619 |
