Publications
Publication details [#51845]
Melkote, Srinivas R. and Ali Jamal. 2008. Viewing and avoidance of the Al-Jazeera satellite television channel in Kuwait: a uses and gratifications perspective. Asian Journal of Communication 18 (1) : 1–15.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Annotation
Drawing on the uses and gratifications approach, this paper explored factors that motivated Kuwaitis to either commit to or avoid watching Al-Jazeera satellite television and their links with political interest and trust in the government.