Tal Samuel-Azran (PhD, University of Melbourne) is Associate Professor and the Head of the International Program at the Sammy Ofer School of Communications at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. His research has been published in American Behavioral Scientist and Computers in Human Behavior, among others, and he is the author of Al-Jazeera and US War Coverage (Peter Lang, 2010).
Contents: The Qatar-Al-Jazeera Nexus - Qatar Invents the Most Effective Contemporary State-Sponsored Broadcasting Network - Qatar's Soft Power: A Macro Perspective - Qatar Operates Al-Jazeera as a Smart Power Tool in Its Relationship With Saudi Arabia - Al-Jazeera's Role in Qatar's Race to Become a «Core State» in the Muslim World During the Arab Spring - Al-Jazeera's Obsession With the Clash-of-Civilizations Theory and Its Contribution to Qatar's Core-State Ambition - Part II: Al-Jazeera's Soft Power Strategies in the West - Al-Jazeera in the US - Al-Jazeera's Soft Power and Israel - Putting It All Together: The Al-Jazeera Effect and What It Means for International and Intercultural Studies.