Abstract
The relationship between the Arab world and the US involves many variables and political, economic and cultural problems. This is because such relation is always based on an active and dominating actor namely the United States, and on a state of imbalance of power. Here, the positions of the second party (the Arab World) are linked to some sort of international variables in the American policy towards Arab states. The image of the United States in the Gulf media is governed by four main factors: First: The relation or link between Gulf political systems and the United States. Second: The nature of the relation between the media and the ruling political system. Third: The stakes lie in the ability of the independent newspapers to provide another (counter) reading to uncover the secrets of the relations between the Gulf media and the American policy. Fourth: To what extent there is a balance in the flow of information between those who have it and those who do not have it; in the absence of the so called knowledge gap. The study aims at analyzing and interpreting the image of the United States in the print Gulf media. It focuses on Al-Khaleej newspaper of the United Arab Emirates and Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper of Saudi Arabia, published in London. Plus sub other objectives. The main question of this study is to analyze the image of U.S.A in the Gulf Press? Plus others questions. In its analysis of the published material, the study used the qualitative discourse analysis. The studies show that print media propagate the policy of the political regime or what it tries to convey to the public opinion. The image of the United States in the Gulf media is the same image the political regimes try to convey to the public opinion.
Highlights
When we describe the relationship between the two sides, we can distinguish between two key parties: The first is the Arab governments or political regimes, while the second is the Arab peoples
- It emphasized the need to revive the role of Arab societies and peoples, and gave civil society institutions the right to participate in decision making and strengthen the pillars of democratic practice to face the external model imposed by the United States as an alternative for change inside Arab societies [7]
Based on the theoretical framework that the study adopted in the qualitative analysis of “the article’s subject” in both papers, it seems clear that the Gulf political regimes have a central influence in controlling the editorial policy of the print press, especially in light of the absence of professional independence which is required for the press to express its attitudes towards key issues such as examining the foreign relations of its governments with the international powers like the United States
Summary
When we describe the relationship between the two sides, we can distinguish between two key parties: The first is the Arab governments or political regimes, while the second is the Arab peoples. The position of the United States towards the Arab media can be best summarized from US President George Bush interview with a newspaper in which he said, “The Arab media is not fair to us.” He described it as one of unfair and negative propaganda methods, which do not give true impression. A report published by New York Times on 25 May 2008, said that the United States failed to use the strongest weapon in the intellectual war waged against it This position is clear in an article by the renowned American journalist Thomas Freedman in which he said, “Arab media nurtured Arabs with feelings of hatred against the United States.”
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