A questão mídia-estado no século XXI: uma análise da rede de comunicação Al Jazeera

Abstract

The present research aims to analyze the relationship between the media and the State in the 21st century, as well as the motivation and state interest in investing in the dissemination of state media, with the study case of the network Al Jazeera. This analysis will take place in the light of key concepts in International Relations such as soft power and globalization, since with the evolution of the system, new forms of influence changed the political configurations of dealing with other actors. However, with the flow in which the facts take place in the globalized world and with the relevance of the fall of barriers caused by the media, the lenses to which the information reflects can shape the behavior and worldviews of those who receive it. To this end, the work will start from the theoretical work of Joseph Nye (2011), especially on the issue of “soft power”, and will permeate other global phenomena such as international politics, language, and media. Through a bibliographic review, it will be studied the case of the state-owned communication network Al Jazeera (Qatar), that impacted the flow of news around the world. The research points out how this media network can be used as a state instrument for the exercise of soft power and the dissemination of alternative points of view in the international system, both in its Arabic and international versions, both with great notoriety and influence today.