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Taped Differences: A Comparison of CNN and Al-Jazeera Decision-making
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Taped Differences: A Comparison of CNN and Al-Jazeera Decision-making
This paper applies rational choice theory to help explain why two transnational television news networks, CNN and Al-Jazeera, made sharply contrasting decisions about airing a videotaped interview with Osama bin Laden in the months following the September 11 attacks. Both organizations sought to justify their decisions in terms of professional norms, particularly in expressing their autonomy of news judgment. However, as geopolitical actors, the networks faced far different structural considerations. Al-Jazeera, which still depended on the sponsorship of the emir of Qatar, had to weigh the consequences of its decision on its reputation as an emerging independent network. The networks’ varied strategies reveal the gamesmanship inherent in global mass communication and suggest as well that audiences are inheriting the potential for more complex understandings.
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Taped Differences/
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Taped Differences: A Comparison of CNN and Al-Jazeera Decision-making
This paper applies rational choice theory to help explain why two transnational television
news networks, CNN and Al-Jazeera, made sharply contrasting decisions about airing a
videotaped interview with Osama bin Laden in the months following the September 11
attacks. Both organizations sought to justify their decisions in terms of professional
norms, particularly in expressing their autonomy of news judgment. However, as
geopolitical actors, the networks faced far different structural considerations. Al-Jazeera,
which still depended on the sponsorship of the emir of Qatar, had to weigh the
consequences of its decision on its reputation as an emerging independent network. The
networks’ varied strategies reveal the gamesmanship inherent in global mass
communication and suggest as well that audiences are inheriting the potential for more
complex understandings.
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