A
conducted by
(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
,
nine per cent in
(where the
), and
20 per cent in
.
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
and
, coming was last with just four per cent.
In Egypt,
and
had 23 per cent of the viewership each, with
ranking third, with 21 per cent. Al-Jazeera placed fourth, with 20 per cent.
In Tunisia,
was the most popular news medium, with 52 per cent, and Al-Jazeera and
ranked last, with nine per cent each.
