Copyright

Ehab Galal

Published On

2021-03-03

Page Range

pp. 127-144

Language

  • English

Print Length

17 pages

8. Qatar

A Small Country with a Global Outlook

Chapter of: Arab Media Systems (pp. 127–144)

The State of Qatar is a new, small, and extremely rich country, ruled by the Al-Thani family and with a population of which a majority are non-Qatari nationals. It is also a country mostly known for the satellite channel Al-Jazeera. This cocktail of smallness, royal rule, and money is crucial for understanding the media landscape in Qatar, which in basic terms must be divided between the national media and the global satellite consortium of Al-Jazeera. Despite their different audiences, both media types are used and managed to consolidate and strengthen the rule and influence of Qatar and the Al-Thani family.

Contributors

Ehab Galal

(author)
Associate Professor, Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at University of Copenhagen
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9656-5038

Ehab Galal, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, Copenhagen University, Denmark. His research focuses on Arab media, Arab audiences, mediatized religion and politics, and Arab diaspora. Since 2018, he has been leading a research team working on the project "Mediatized Diaspora", which investigates transnational media use and contentious politics among Arab diaspora in Europe.