DESCRIPTION:
The research is divided into five chapters (plus an
introduction and a conclusion) as follows:
INTRODUCTION, in which the work is introduced, the
problem is identified, and the need for the research. is
presented.
CHAPTER ONE: The image of the Arab in the West (from the
old sources up to the present time).
CHAPTER TWO: The Arab view of the West, The development
and the changing approach in viewing the World from pre-
Islamic Arabia including the contemporary schools of
thought in the Arab world.
CHAPTER THREE: Political cartoons as a medium of
communication, their influence and role in opinion
changing and image making.
CHAPTER FOUR: UK-Based Arab Owned Mass Media.
A survey of the newspapers and the magazines
published in the United Kingdom and owned by Arab
personalities, companies, governments and political
parties. That includes the 38 daily, weekly, monthly and
quarterly publications. This chapter studies the attitudes
and presentations of the Arab media in a definite period
of time, in regard to the West. (from Dec. 1987 till
March 1991)
CHAPTER FIVE : The Case Study.
The image of the West in the Arab-owned press through
political cartoons (four London-based daily newspapers).
The findings of the field work, categorising and
analysing the main features and elements of the image.
CONCLUSION: Room for Improvement. Recommendations for
better understanding, presentation and improvement in the
Arab-West International relations and presentations.
The major, original, part of the thesis has been
devoted to surveying the Britain-based Arab press, as
well as an analysis of the coverage of some of these
papers and magazines of the West, using the political
cartoon as indicators of the public perceptions of the
West. The research also makes an attempt to trace the
main outline of the historical development of perceptions
of the West in the Arab mind.
Appendices;
Appendix(A): Arab Political Cartoonists.
Appendix(B): Cartoons of Arabs in the Western Media.
Appendix(C); Cartoons of the West in the Arab Media.
Bibliography / Hariri Foundation
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/4393 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Awad, Ali A.Y. |
| Contributors | Rigby, Andrew |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, Department of Peace Studies |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
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