The sentencing in Cairo of journalists from Al Jazeera 's English-language channel this week has shocked the West . The jailing in Egypt of three Al Jazeera journalists has shocked many in the West . Slade : Al Jazeera has transformed TV reporting both within the Middle East and of the West . Its success is part of a trajectory of media ##ization of media in the Arabic world , mostly academic . That process began during the Arab Spring with the growth of social media in Times Square and elsewhere .
The jailing in Egypt of three Al Jazeera journalists has shocked many in the West . Slade : Al Jazeera has transformed TV reporting both within the Middle East and of the West . Its success is part of a trajectory of media ##ization of media in the Arabic world , mostly academic . That process began during the Arab Spring with the growth of social media in Times Square and elsewhere .