summary of my christmas holidays and future plans.

Now I have finished work at GRG, I have the opportunity to get back on track with my dissertation.
During these holidays I have had the chance to read a whole book on war and media and two DVD documentaries, which focuses on Arab media and western media during the Iraq war.
From these documentaries I have written some significant amount notes and facts, which outlines an argument on media in different cultures and background.
I have also been able to examine the relationship between media, military and government during the eras of war as in previous wars such as Vietnam media had been alleged as the main reason of pentagon’s defeat.

One of the case studies that I have planned to interpolate in my dissertation is the differences between known news sources such as BBC,Al-jazzera and CNN.

In this case study I am planning to examine the ethical gathering of news by these sources.

I will be examining the following three categories, which can be acknowledged as the three important elements in any broadcasted material.

1-objectivity
2-balance
3- credibility

The category that I am aiming to focus most is credibility as it has been a debatable subject of mass media’s broadcasts for many years now.
For one week I will be reading, watching news from all these sources and I will examine how they present gathered materials.
I will also observe their approach to culture cues or schemata, background and history related to the same story as my main intention is to conclude a fair judgement.