A
survey conducted by
Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) suggests that the popularity of Al-Jazeera’s Arabic channel is fading in the Arab Spring countries. The survey, “Media Use in the Middle East,” showed that the viewer base of the Doha-based network is just
four per cent in neighbouring
Bahrain,
nine per cent in
Tunisia (where the
Arab Spring began), and
20 per cent in
Egypt.
In Bahrain, Google,rather that any mainstream media organisation, was the most popular news medium, with a viewership of 26 per cent. Al-Jazeera even ranked below
BBC and
Twitter, coming was last with just four per cent.
In Egypt,
Al-Hayat and
Al-Kanat al-Oula had 23 per cent of the viewership each, with
CBC ranking third, with 21 per cent. Al-Jazeera placed fourth, with 20 per cent.
In Tunisia,
Facebook was the most popular news medium, with 52 per cent, and Al-Jazeera and
Al-Arabiya ranked last, with nine per cent each.
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