Dareen Abughaida
The Listening Post (2013)
2014
Listening Post is Al Jazeera English's weekly media review show. It casts a critical eye over not just what gets reported, but how it's reported - covering the coverage of the news & analyzing global events through the prism of the media.
Released Dec. 21, 2013
Episode 25 min
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Keywords: tmdb.politics, tmdb.journalism, imdb.media-manipulation, tmdb.media-criticism, imdb.media-landscape, imdb.non-fiction, tmdb.media-manipulation + 2 more, tmdb.media-landscape, tmdb.press-freedom
Network: Al Jazeera English
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S9E1 - The Snowden saga: Spies, secrets and security
A look back at the biggest media story of 2013 - Edward Snowden and the NSA surveillance programme.
Jan. 4, 2014, midnight
S9E2 - Egypt: Journalism under siege?
Listening Post examines how covering the Muslim Brotherhood has become a minefield for the media.
Jan. 11, 2014, midnight
S9E3 - South Sudan and the media of conflict
When fighting broke out a month ago in the world's youngest country, South Sudan, the story was framed as just another tribal power struggle coming out of Africa. A more precise analysis is that the conflict is really political in nature - a fallout between the president and the vice president, with some ethnic elements fighting it out on the ground. Those who are critical of the media say that, when it comes to Africa, all too often international news outlets resort to the same formula - reducing just about any conflict to the tribal level, which seems to explain everything without actually telling us anything. Is there a hierarchy of knowledge in reporting about Africa, with more authority given to international journalists?
Jan. 18, 2014, midnight
S9E4 - Turkey: The media sub-plot
We examine how news outlets have become part of the story in the recent scandal involving Erdogan's government.
Jan. 25, 2014, midnight
S9E5 - Russia's media Olympics
Ahead of Sochi's Olympics, we ask how the Kremlin will handle the news coverage that comes with hosting the games.
Feb. 1, 2014, midnight
S9E6 - Egypt's media war
As journalists face arrest, we ask why the media is seen as being either with the army or with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Feb. 8, 2014, midnight
S9E7 - Turkey's media pressure points
Amid accusations of censorship, is government pressure creating a climate of intimidation for media in the country?
Feb. 15, 2014, midnight
S9E8 - Venezuela's media wrangle
The government and the opposition are fighting it out to make sure it is their version of events that gets reported.
Feb. 22, 2014, midnight
S9E9 - Upheaval in Ukraine: The media angles
We examine how the unfolding crisis has led to key media moments in a country with questionable press freedoms.
March 1, 2014, midnight
S9E10 - Erdogan: Control, conflict, conglomerates
In a special edition, we unpack the Turkish prime minister's relationship with the media landscape in which he operates.
March 8, 2014, midnight
S9E11 - The changing face of news
In a special episode, we explore how technology influences the way news is gathered and shapes the way it is presented.
March 15, 2014, midnight
S9E12 - The Cold War narrative
As Russia redraws the map in Ukraine, the media narrative is once again split between the powers of the East and West.
March 22, 2014, midnight
S9E13 - Turkey vs Twitter
We look at how Ankara's crackdown on social media is creating a firestorm ahead of a critical presidential election.
March 29, 2014, midnight
S9E14 - The state of Egypt's news media
Ahead of the country's May election, we examine the failed promise of the Arab Spring and the impact on journalism.
April 5, 2014, midnight
S9E15 - Indian media: Choosing sides?
As the world's largest democracy goes to the polls, we examine claims that news outlets are favouring Narendra Modi.
April 12, 2014, midnight
S9E16 - Algeria's election: A fait accompli?
For many, even those in the media, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s re-election is a foregone conclusion.
April 19, 2014, midnight
S9E17 - Pakistan: Journalism under fire
As Hamid Mir recovers after being shot by unknown gunmen, we examine the wider backdrop of media killings in Pakistan.
April 26, 2014, midnight
S9E18 - The challenge of reporting on Boko Haram
Why has the media struggled to tell the story of Nigeria's mass abductions?
May 3, 2014, midnight
S9E19 - Are South Africa's media biased?
Print media and the country's state-owned broadcaster have been accused of slanted coverage of the recent elections.
May 10, 2014, midnight
S9E20 - The 'all-out propaganda war' in Ukraine
We analyse coverage of the Ukraine conflict, which has often been marred by a lack of nuance, context and subtlety.
May 17, 2014, midnight
S9E21 - The Battle for the World Wide Web
A controversial new set of rules to govern the use of broadband and the Internet has the cyber world blowing a fuse.
May 24, 2014, midnight
S9E22 - Thailand: the military and the media
The Kingdom and its media are placed under military control; plus heads roll at Spain's three top dailies.
May 31, 2014, midnight
S9E23 - Mapping the media in Sisi's Egypt
Whatever side of the political divide Egyptians find themselves, the media is the one who seems to have suffered.
June 7, 2014, midnight
S9E24 - Resetting the net: Snowden and surveillance
One year after Edward Snowden exposed the spying at the NSA, can the internet be re-set?
June 14, 2014, midnight
S9E25 - ISIL in Iraq: The image of an insurgency
ISIL is gaining on the ground but who, if anyone, controls the story?
June 21, 2014, midnight
S9E26 - Caged in Cairo: Where journalism is a crime
Al Jazeera staff sentenced to jail in Egypt #FreeAJStaff.
June 28, 2014, midnight
S9E27 - A divided Iraq and a fractured storyline
Listening Post covers the propaganda war and competing media narratives in Iraq.
July 5, 2014, midnight
S9E28 - The information war over Gaza
What is the role of social media in the Israeli-Palestinian battle for hearts, minds and political support?
Aug. 16, 2014, midnight
S9E29 - Ferguson and the media
Listening Post examines racial conflict and social divisions in the US and how those issues are reported.
Aug. 23, 2014, midnight
S9E30 - James Foley: Journalism or propaganda?
We examine the ethical challenges of reporting the murder of the American journalist by IS.
Aug. 30, 2014, midnight
S9E31 - Pakistan's polarised media
Amid Pakistan's latest political power struggle, the country's news channels are fighting a proxy war of their own.
Sept. 6, 2014, midnight
S9E32 - Scotland votes: Reporting the referendum
A look at Rupert Murdoch's role in the Scottish independence vote and the media's scramble to catch up with the story.
Sept. 13, 2014, midnight
S9E33 - The Murdoch empire: Phone hacking exposed
An interview with Nick Davies, the reporter who exposed the British phone hacking scandal.
Sept. 20, 2014, midnight
S9E34 - Journalism in the age of surveillance
A Listening Post special on the 'Snowden effect' and challenges to the media in the age of state supervision.
Sept. 27, 2014, midnight
S9E35 - Satire: Mocking news, lampooning power
A Listening special on the evolving role of satire and the satirists who are holding power to account.
Oct. 4, 2014, midnight
S9E36 - Gaza: Media, myths and the mainstream
A Listening Post special on the global media battle taking place parallel to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Oct. 11, 2014, midnight
S9E37 - Journalism is the frontline
A special episode to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
Nov. 1, 2014, midnight
S9E38 - Kiev vs the Kremlin: A new Cold War?
We examine the latest chapter in the propaganda war that pits Russia against Ukraine and its western allies.
Nov. 8, 2014, midnight
S9E39 - Covering Ebola: Facts, Fear and Failures
Sorting out the science from the scare tactics - we examine the Ebola stories coming out of Africa.
Nov. 15, 2014, midnight
S9E40 - Syria: Journalism under duress
The media war in Syria is putting truth under pressure. And, Tunisian media's obsession with terrorism.
Nov. 22, 2014, midnight
S9E41 - Ferguson: Riots, race and the media
The Listening Post examines the news coverage of race in the US; plus, fonts and the news media.
Nov. 29, 2014, midnight
S9E42 - Breaking Google's grip
How the EU takes on Google's monopoly as gatekeeper of information; plus, a look at media under pressure in Hungary.
Dec. 6, 2014, midnight
S9E43 - Covering the CIA torture report
Examining the media coverage of the CIA torture report release; plus, the ethics of graphic imagery in the news media.
Dec. 13, 2014, midnight
S9E44 - Sydney siege: How not to cover breaking news
A lesson from Australia in how not to cover breaking news; plus, an interview with 'Rogue Reporter' Rich Peppiatt.
Dec. 20, 2014, midnight
Network: Al Jazeera English
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 25 min.
Released: Dec. 21, 2013
Last Air Date: March 11, 2017, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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