Arab Spr|ng and the Internat|ona|

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Medla and ConfllcL
W Medla confllcL and war are deeply lnLerconnecLed
W eople learn abouL confllcL and vlolence Lhrough medla
W Medla noL only lnforms us abouL confllcL buL helps Lo
formulaLe publlc oplnlon
W 1hls ldea ls llnked wlLh Lhe normaLlve Lheory of Soclal
8esponslbllLy
W eeplng ln mlnd Lhe soclol tespooslblllty meJlo moJel Lhe
medla can and Lhe medla has played a very lmporLanL role
durlng confllcLs
W esplLe Lhe facL LhaL numerous medla Lheorles sLaLe LhaL Lhe
medla has a soclal responslblllLy Lowards Lhe socleLy ln reallLy
Lhe dualnaLure of medla hlnders lLs soclal purpose
W ualnaLure of medla creaLes numerous lltets LhaL declde
whaL wlll make news
W lt bleeJs lt leoJs
W -ews whlch wlll grab eyeballs makes lL Lo Lhe fronL page
W ConfllcL and vlolence make news as news ls percelved as
whaL's exclLlng and dlfferenL
W -ews ls whaL wlll be ln sync wlLh Lhe pollLlcal economy of
medla
W Medla owners remaln more lncllned Lo make money by
caplLallzlng on Lenslons and confllcL
W 8ad news ls good news
W 1he baslc crlLerlon of news value helps cover confllcL
exLenslvely
W lmmedlacy drama slmpllclLy lmpacL and eLhnocenLrlsm eLc
W -ews medla are lmporLanL acLors ln confllcL
W 8uL Lhey are noL Lhe mosL lmporLanL players
W 1hey reacL Lo evenLs raLher Lhan lnlLlaLe Lhem
C-- LffecL
W eflnes Lhe nexus beLween medla power and forelgn pollcy
W Medla lmages flre publlc oplnlon and demand lmmedlaLe
acLlon from Lhe governmenL
W lL's a caLchall phrase
W osLulaLes LhaL Lhe developmenL of 24hour lnLernaLlonal
Lelevlslon news channels have a ma[or lmpacL on Lhe conducL
of a counLry's forelgn pollcy
W e|ps shape and reshape Lhe forelgn pollcy
W 1he sLrengLh of Lhe fourLh esLaLe has an lmpacL on Lhe
governmenL
W 1he sLrengLh/ power has lncreased wlLh Lhe arrlval of new
Lechnology
W 1he medla may funcLlon alLernaLely or slmulLaneously as
1 a pollcy oqeoJosettloq oqeot
2 an lmpeJlmeot Lo Lhe achlevemenL of deslred pollcy goals
and
3 an occeletoot Lo pollcy declslon maklng
W 24/7 medla has radlcally alLered Lhe way forelgn pollcy ls
conducLed
W lL has also desLroyed Lhe concepL of a news cycle
C-- effecL MyLhs
W lt mokes /ife more difficu/t for foreiqn po/icy mokers
W lt dictotes whots on the foreiqn po/icy oqendo
W Pictures of sufferinq force officio/s to intervene
W 1here is nothinq officio/s con do obout the cNN ffect
1lML Magazlne PlsLory
W 1ime ls Lhe worlds largesL weekly news magazlne wlLh a
domesLlc audlence of 20 mllllon and a global audlence of
23 mllllon
W lL was esLabllshed on March 3 1923
W 1ermed as Lhe world's mosL lnfluenLlal magazlne 1lML has
documenLed a comprehenslve hlsLory boLh wrlLLen and
phoLographlc of Lhe lasL cenLury
W 1hough lL ls a weekly magazlne speclal commemoraLlve lssues
are also publlshed Lo mark speclal evenLs
W 1he magazlne ls domlnaLed by 8epubllcan polnL of vlew
W 1lML sLorles ofLen also have a sLrong polnL of vlew buL reflecL
openmlnded reporLlng raLher Lhan parLlsan blases
W 8ased ln -ew ?ork ClLy 1lML has elghL lnLernaLlonal LdlLlons
ln more Lhan 130 counLrles
W Aslan edlLlon (@lme Aslo% ls based ln Pong ong
1lML ASlA LdlLorlal
W Asla LdlLor Zoher Abdoolcarlm
W Senlor LdlLor Llam llLzpaLrlck
W AssoclaLe LdlLors rlsLa Mahr Lmlly 8auhala
W 1lML uS and ASlA mosLly publlsh Lhe same arLlcles
W lew reporLers mosLly guesL columnlsLs and conLrlbuLors
W 1he edlLorlal sLaff ls heavlly domlnaLed by wesLerners
SLrucLure of Lhe Magazlne
W A slngle phoLograph domlnaLes Lhe cover
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W 1hough Lhe evenL broke ouL ln ec no Llll !an 24
W llrsL covered ln brleflngs World and Lhen moves on Lo
feaLures cover sLorles edlLorlals
W 1he change ln Lermlnology used Lo descrlbe Lhe 1unlslan
dlcLaLor
W lrom role model Lo AuLhorlLarlan
W Slmllar Lerms used Lo descrlbe Lhe reglme of Poslnl Mobarak
and hls supporLers
W A sLark dlfference beLween how Caddafl's reglme ls descrlbed
and LhaL of uS's allles
W 1lML sLaLes LhaL lL ls a revoluLlon and noL an evoluLlon(leb 14%
W 1he lslamlsLs have won" (-ov 7%
W 1he role of uS has consLanLly been hlghllghLed ln brlnglng
democracy
W Whlle descrlblng Lhe Arab world sLereoLypes have been used
(-ov 7 Sep3%
W Slmllar LacLlcs LhaL were employed ln lraq and AfghanlsLan
were used Lo [usLlfy Lhe -A1C lnLervenLlon (women
democracy%
W hoLographs have been used exLenslvely Lo explaln Lhe Arab
Sprlng
W lrom small Lhumbnalls Lo phoLo feaLures
W 1he use of black and whlLe and red
W Max no of arLlcles and phoLographs ln Lhe monLhs precedlng
and lmmedlaLely followlng Lhe -A1C lnLervenLlon
roblems faced by Lhe Medla
W AuLhorlLarlan governmenLs rarely have any free medla
W SLaLe owned medla houses Lhus medla used by governmenL
W -oL used Lo express alLernaLlve vlews
W !ournallsLs were noL glven Lhe permlsslon Lo enLer counLrles
where Arab Sprlng Look place
W ln Llbya [ournallsLs sLarLed geLLlng access lnLo Lhose areas
whlch were conLrolled by Lhe rebels
W Al !azeera was Lhe only channel LhaL consLanLly and
conslsLenLly reporLed abouL Lhe Arab sprlng rlghL from ec
W lL had easler access more reglonal Lhan lnLernaLlonal
W esplLe belng pro revoluLlon Al !azeera recelved flak for noL
reporLlng much on 8ahraln (CaLarl%
W 8arely any academlc work on Lhe role of lnLernaLlonal medla
ln Lhe Arab sprlng