Empirical support for the Al-Jazeera Effect notion: Al-Jazeera's Twitter following

IF 1.3 3区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

International Communication Gazette Pub Date : 2022-12-06 DOI:10.1177/17480485221142466

Tal Samuel-Azran, I. Manor

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Abstract

Globalization scholars argue that the launch of Al-Jazeera has promoted a fairer horizontal news flow as a non-Western perspective entered the global public sphere leading to the Al-Jazeera Effect. In contrast, other scholars argue that Al-Jazeera outlets face biases and boycotts due to their Qatari origin, thus casting a shadow over the Al Jazeera Effect argument. This study employs an innovative approach to contribute to this debate by examining Al-Jazeera English (AJE) and AJ + 's Twitter following amongst four epistemic communities: ambassadors, foreign ministries, UN missions and journalists. The analysis found that AJE was consistently amongst the top five most followed new channels on Twitter, obtaining greater popularity than major Western news outlets such as Fox News and Sky News. This lends a unique empirical support for the Al-Jazeera Effect hypothesis. AJ + was found to be less popular, possibly due to its distinct nature as an online news platform.

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对半岛电视台效应概念的实证支持：半岛电视台的推特关注

全球化学者认为，随着非西方视角进入全球公共领域，导致半岛电视台效应，半岛电视台的推出促进了更公平的横向新闻流。相比之下，其他学者认为，半岛电视台的媒体由于其卡塔尔血统而面临偏见和抵制，从而给半岛电视台效应的论点蒙上了阴影。这项研究采用了一种创新的方法，通过研究半岛电视台英语（AJE）和AJ + '推特上有四个认知群体：大使、外交部、联合国代表团和记者。分析发现，AJE一直是推特上关注度最高的五个新频道之一，比福克斯新闻和天空新闻等西方主要新闻媒体更受欢迎。这为半岛电视台效应假说提供了独特的实证支持。AJ + 被发现不那么受欢迎，可能是因为它作为一个在线新闻平台的独特性质。

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International Communication Gazette COMMUNICATION-

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4.40

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5.30%

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