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The battle for the Arab viewer / VPRO ; director, Nordin Lasfar ; producers, Helen Goossens, Marie Schutgens.
- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Slag om de Arabische kijker (Television program). English.
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Al Jazeera (Television network).
- Al-Arabia (Television network).
- Television broadcasting of news--Political aspects--Arab countries.
- Television broadcasting of news.
- Mass media--Political aspects--Arab countries.
- Mass media.
- Mass media--Political aspects.
- History.
- Press coverage.
- Television broadcasting of news--Political aspects.
- Arab countries.
- Egypt--History--Protests, 2011---Press coverage.
- Egypt.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (48 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2012]
- Language Note:
- In English and Arabic with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Shows how the two competing pan-Arab television networks Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya covered the Egyptian revolution in 2011, and how the content of the broadcasts was influenced by the political allegiances of the networks. The documentary features interviews with current and former journalists from both networks, and analysis from independent pundits.
- Credits:
- Photography, Hans Bouma, Marlou van den Berge ; editor, Bart van den Broek.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally broadcast on the Dutch television network VPRO as an episode of its documentary series Tegenlicht on Oct. 24, 2011.
- Originally produced by: VPRO, c2011.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 4, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- if-aview Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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