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Hello Everybody! (2006)

by Joris Luyendijk(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

184668384X (ISBN13: 978184668384)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Profile Books

review 1: A great little book. In my opinion a must-read for anyone who would like to claim to have an informed opinion on the situation in the Middle East. It is written in a very personal and fluent style, which makes it a very pleasant read. Although short, it is a very informative book about the difficulties that Joris experienced as a reporter in the Middle East while attempting to report as objectively and honestly as possible.Through a combination of personal anecdotes and additional background information he shows why this is next to impossible. He mentions several factors such as the local dictatorial regimes that make normal news gathering impossible, Western prejudices, the way that modern mass media filters certain types of news, but also the differences in competence of... more the involved parties in executing effective media policies. These are all things that most of us already were at least vaguely aware of, but it is still very confronting to see these mechanisms directly at work in this book. A strong reminder that we cannot take the objectivity of our media for granted.PS. The book reminded me a bit of "Great War for Civilisation, The Conquest of the Middle East" by Robert Fisk, which I read earlier. This book is by a more experienced journalist and has a much bigger scope both in terms of history and geography, but it shares the almost palpable anger and frustration about the whole situation. I can also recommend this book, especially if you are interested in more "on the ground stories" by reporters in the Arab world. It is however very thick, and as such per page not very informative, but this is compensated by a very direct and personal writing style that clearly shows his personal involvement and the spectacular anecdotes such as his interview with Bin Laden or the time he was all but lynched by a mob of Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
review 2: قرأت الكتاب منذ عدة أيام .. ولعل كلمة " منطقي" هي أقرب ما يمكن وصفه بها لكن ما بقي عالقاً في ذهني عنوان أحد الفصول "إنهم يقتلون يهوداً أبرياء" ولعله الفصل الأكثر منطقية في الكتاب كله. ومختصره الفروق الجذرية بين الاعلام العربي والاعلام اليهودي الذي يجعل المتلقي ينحاز بلا شعور للفئة المستضعفة - إعلامياً- اسرائيل .يغلب على العرب إظهار مظاهر الغضب والكره إبداء للكرامة في حين يعتمد الطرف الآخر على إظهار العكس وهو ما يجعلهم متفوقين إعلامياً وأقدر على كسب تعاطف الغير مع قضيتهم. (اختيار المناسب من المشاهد والألفاظ في الخبر هما جوهر الاعلام) .. خلاصة الخلاصة :) less

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