Click here to view or download an introduction to the literature and an outline of the research project.
Primary research questions include:
- Are Al-Jazeera English (AJE) viewers more likely to think in less dogmatic terms, value political and cultural tolerance, and be more civically engaged than those who who depend on other sources of news?
- Is there a correlation between viewing AJE and opinions of:
- American values
- U.S. foreign policy
- The war on terror
- U.S. policy in Iraq
- U.S. policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- American brands and products
- Is there a correlation between the frequency of watching AJE and the ranking of the importance of different types of global issues, especially those that impact the non-Western world?
- Do respondents consider AJE a conciliatory medium?
