The utilization of direct satellite broadcasting (DBS) in Saudi Arabia

2008

Sex Roles

This study conducted a content analysis of TV adverts from Channel One in Saudi Arabia and ITV1 in the United Kingdom in 2000-2001. A total of 164 adverts were analyzed from each country. The analysis compared the representation of men and women. Results showed that men and women were equally visually represented as lead characters in advertisements in both countries, but male voice-overs dominated in Saudi advertisements more so than in British advertisements. Women appeared more often in domestic roles and settings and less often in occupational or leisure roles and settings, and were much more likely than men to promote body care and household cleaning products. These differences were more pronounced in Saudi than in British advertisements.

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Gender Representation in Television Advertisements in Britain and Saudi Arabia

Nassif

2008

Sex Roles

“…Some researchers have also examined not just what pulls people towards the news but also the facts that may steer them away from it. Marghalani, Palmgreen and Boyd (1998) indicated among a Saudi Arabian sample that that 'religious beliefs' and opinions about 'western commercialisation' (p.297) of the news are among the factors keeping people away from some TV news services.…”

Section: News Consumption Habits In the Arab Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nearly nine out of ten (87%) of satellite users reported they watched local channels less since the spread of the satellite channels (Al-Asfar 2002). Commonly, the most frequently watched satellite TV channels among Libyan audience are MBC, Al Jazeera, Egyptian Channel, Dubai, Lebanese Future, Abu Dhabi, and LBC (Al-Asfar 2002, Marghalani, Palmgreen & Boyd 1998, Karam 2007a, Jamal 2009). …”

Section: News Consumption Habits In the Arab Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patterns of news media consumption among young people in Libya

Elareshi

Journal of African Media Studies

2012

“…These media have been valued and used in particular as sources of news. Keeping up with the news is also important to people in this region (Abdel Rahman, 1998;Marghalani, Palmgreen, & Boyd, 1998). Since the mid-1990s, the media landscape in the Arab world has changed dramatically (Boyd & Shatzer, 1993;Ghareeb, 2000).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These platforms have facilitated a shift from mostly localized news production and distribution to pan-Arab world news services (Ayish, 2001;Miladi, 2006). People in the region have embraced these international news services because they offer different perspectives on news issues from those provided by their largely government-controlled local news services (Al-Shaqsi, 2000;Marghalani et al, 1998). Pan-Arab news services also support the concept of an Arab perspective on news issues to rival the Western perspective, which previously dominated the international news services that could be received in the Middle East (Miladi, 2006).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How GCC University Students Get Local News and Information

Elareshi

Ziani

Studies in Media and Communication

2014

This paper reports a study of the use of local news sources by young people in GCC countries. With the expansion of pan-Arab news services, especially via satellite TV channels, concern has grown that these well-resourced news operations have pulled audiences away from local news suppliers. New research reported here indicates that there is still an appetite for local news and that even young people -who have displayed the greatest enthusiasm for the newer services -will tune into local news services both online and offline. Local services may represent niche markets and cater to specific news interests that have prevailed despite the popularity of pan-Arab news services. 1221 media and communication students completed a survey, reporting how and where they get their news in different GCC regions. The research found that most respondents followed what was happening in their local communities and that their news consumption could be quite varied. Rather than relying on one or two main sources of local news, most respondents reportedly used a wide variety of online and non-online sources depending on which local topic they were seeking information about.