Regional voices, global reach? Euronews and Al Jazeera English

“Regional voices, global reach? Euronews and Al Jazeera English” focuses on the two TV channels' framing and agenda setting roles in terms of selected issues and events (wars and conflicts as well as gender and religion). Both channels represent regional responses to the global media hegemony of CNN International and BBC World. Part 1 explores media policy and TV news production, involving institution research incl. ownership and funding issues. Here data collection is based on document analysis and interviews. Part 2 addresses TV news broadcasts based on content analysis of sampled TV news footage. Part 3 concentrates on audiences and effects, using surveys, polls and interviews. Audiences are both regional and global, including diasporas. While some data in part 1 will be from the 1990s onwards, data sampled for parts 2-3 will be from 2009-2011. The research draws theoretically on institution research, esp. media ownership and funding, globalization theory (Hallin & Mancini 2004; Croteau & Hoynes 2006; Lechner & Boli 2008; Vaagan 2008); framing and agenda setting (van Gorp 2007; Entman 2007; McCombs 2004; McQuail 2005). Methodologically, both qualitative and quantitative data will be used and triangulated.
Several scholars, PhD candidates and MA students in Norway, Pakistan, China, Bangladesh are taking part in the project.