Identifying with arabic journalists: How Al-Jazeera tapped parasocial interaction gratifications in the Arab world

Gazette

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-204

  Auter, Philip J ^a   Arafa, Mohamed ^b,c   Al Jaber, Khalid ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b Georgia Department of Transportation   (Georgia)

^c Georgia Department of Transportation ^*  (United States)

^d Al Watan Newspaper   (Qatar)

^e Al Watan Newspaper   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Al Jazeera; Arab world; Parasocial interaction; Satellite news

Indexed keywords

EID: 29044441640     PISSN: 00165492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016549205050131     Document Type: Review

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