Deck 13: Arab Media and the Al Jazeera Effect

Question 1

Arab media was the mouth piece of governments, tame political parties, or regime friends until

A) The second Iraq war
B) The Arab nations were tired of getting their news from CNN
C) The Emir of Qatar fronted the money for an all Arab news station
D) Support from Israel kept Arab news polarized

Answer 1

The Emir of Qatar fronted the money for an all Arab news station

Question 2

Media regulations adapted in 1995 in Egypt are commonly called

A) Predators of Press Freedom
B) Satellite Media Charter
C) Freedom of Islamic Information Acts
D) Press Assassination Law

Answer 2

Press Assassination Law

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT considered an Arab nation?

A) Lebanon
B) Syria
C) Israel (maps)
D) Jordan
E) Yemen

Answer 3

Israel (maps)

Question 4

In the relative freedom of the 1970s control of Beirut came not from governments or regimes but in what form?

A) Bomb
B) Bullet
C) Beheading
D) Both A & B
E) Both B & C

Question 5

The Arab world's de facto media headquarters became

A) London
B) Paris
C) Madrid
D) Bonn

Question 6

All Arab television stations and most radio stations are owned by

A) National Governments
B) Regimes
C) Members of the Royal family
D) Individuals

Question 7

Before Al-Jazeera became the channel to hate by Western media and governments it was similarly disliked by

A) The Bush Administration
B) Israeli government
C) Arab regimes
D) The Clinton Administration

Question 8

The shift came on what historic occasion?

A) 1992 attack on the World Trade Center
B) 1st Iraqi war
C) 9/11
D) The Iran/Iraq War

Question 9

The Emir of Qatar launched Al-Jazeera for what selfish reason?

A) To oust the Saudi's from their position of supremacy in the region
B) To make Qatar a major player in the region
C) Because Al-Jazeera means the peninsula and Qatar is a peninsula
D) To stage an internal coup to take over the country from his father

Question 10

"Media cities" sprang up in the Arab region starting where?

A) Dubai
B) Bahrain
C) Riyadh
D) Tripoli

Question 11

In 2007 Dubai's Media City upheld what foreign government's demand, that GEO TV and Ary One stop broadcasting because they did not sign the new government's code of conduct?

A) Afghanistan
B) Pakistan
C) Libya
D) Egypt

Question 12

Question 11 shows that Dubai Media City did not uphold what promise made by the Emirati?

A) Economic incentives
B) "hands-off" political approach
C) Constraining domestic strictures
D) Press freedom

Question 13

Even in Jordan, a relatively moderate Arab nation, all of the following are taboo news subjects EXCEPT

A) The King
B) The Military
C) Sex
D) Religion
E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 14

During ______ 18-day revolution, satellite channels ignored previous restrictions that had prevented them from producing news and 24/7 coverage of the uprising.

A) Egypt's
B) Turkey's
C) Iran
D) Israel

Question 15

What year did the Arab League Satellite Media Charter become regulated?

A) 1984
B) 1992
C) 2001
D) 2008

Question 16

There are cons to being a journalist in the Arab world they include

A) Lashes with the whip
B) Beheading
C) Having fingers severed
D) Extradition to Abu Ghraib

Question 17

In countries from Yemen to North Africa women journalists have found that

A) They are targets of government supported sexual smear campaigns
B) Targets of police agent sexual assaults
C) Preferential treatment because they are women
D) Sexual bias on the stories they are allowed to cover
E) Both A & B
F) All of the above

Question 18

The popularity of Arab blogs, 40,000 reported in 2009, is partially due to

A) Proliferation of personal computers in households
B) Lack of media freedom
C) Lack of local reporting
D) Lack of support from the royal family

Question 19

"Envelope Culture" describes what?

A) The way government pays salaries
B) Bribery/graft
C) Pink slip firings
D) Awards season

Question 20

What best describes the lack of credibility to Arab journalism is

A) The priority is the safety and support of the home country
B) The priority is the security of the home population
C) The priority is to make the Arab plight more significant
D) The priority is to make the West look bad

Question 21

In 1996, Al Jazeera became the arabic region's first all-news satellite channel.

Question 22

Western style journalism upsets Arab countries because it reports news the government/regimes would rather were not reported.

Question 23

The Bush administration did not like Al-Jazeera because they reported heavily on the civilian consequences of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Question 24

The Saudi royal family controls all Arab media outlets.

Question 25

Al-Jazeera refused to air Bin Laden's tapes because they were inflammatory to the Arab people.

Question 26

The popularity of Arab TV is because Arabs are tired of seeing their region from a Western point of view.

Question 27

Al-Jazeera's original news team was almost all veterans of the BBC's Arabic TV service.

Question 28

Al-Jazeera believes it has a responsibility to cover Arab news from the Arab perspective.

Question 29

The Bush Administration considered Al-Jazeera a "beacon of light" in the Arab world.

Question 30

Saudi owned Al Arabiya is the main competition in the media wars.

Question 31

The 2008-2009 Israeli assault on Gaza meshed the two warring media views into one.

Question 32

Since all Arab media is government owned, Arab news outlets are competing against countries, not other companies like in the West.

Question 33

Arab print media is more akin to government public relations than

Question 34

In media cities it is no secret that press freedom is upheld against domestic foreign policy.

Question 35

Often figuring out what is NOT a taboo subject is the hardest part of Arabic journalism.

Question 36

Arab media does have influence on policy; an example is Syria's troop withdrawal from Lebanon after 24/7 coverage from Arab television.

Question 37

It is thought that the Arab political system is only now developed enough to encompass truth.

Question 38

What is missing most from Arabic journalism is the global view rather than local politics.

Question 39

Local politics are the story areas that can cause the most trouble. And therefore, most Arab journalists lack the concept of local news.

Question 40

Because of government strictures Bloggers have taken on a previously unheard of importance in news reporting.

Question 41

How did 9/11 alter the Arab media scene?

Question 42

Explain the impact of Al-Jazeera.

Question 43

Discuss the initial stand of the US Government with regards to Al-Jazeera.

Question 44

What caused so much change across the Arab media?