The impact of its coverage of the first Gulf War established its credentials . The jailing in Cairo of more than 2,000 Al Jazeera journalists has shocked many in the the Middle East . Slade : Al Jazeera has transformed TV reporting both within West and of the region . Its success is part of a trajectory of media modernisation of media in the non-Arabic world , says academic . That process continued during the Arab Spring with the growth of social media in Tahrir Square and elsewhere .
The jailing in Cairo of more than 2,000 Al Jazeera journalists has shocked many in the the Middle East . Slade : Al Jazeera has transformed TV reporting both within West and of the region . Its success is part of a trajectory of media modernisation of media in the non-Arabic world , says academic . That process continued during the Arab Spring with the growth of social media in Tahrir Square and elsewhere .