來自南方：半島電視台的新聞聚合研究

From the Global South: The Research on Journalism Convergence in Al Jazeera Reception

面對阿拉伯、英語等不同觀眾與市場，位於南方的半島電視台正進行跨越媒體平台、文化及語言的新聞聚合。為掌握半島聚合模式，本研究者前往卡達杜哈的半島電視台進行參與觀察，並深度訪問27名記者、編輯與新聞主管。本論文關注半島如何就消費、生產、與分配新聞等不同層面進行新聞聚合，並發現半島電視台不同於英語世界的新聞聚合模式。本論文最後建議可以從半島經驗中，提供台灣有關文化聚合的反思。

Facing Arabic and English audiences and markets in the digital age, Al Jazeera have focused journalism convergence cross media platforms, cultures and languages. This study involved the proceeding of Al Jazeera media groups to news convergence and through participating, in-depth interviews of 27 news executives, editors and journalists in Al Jazeera in Doha, Katar. The paper primarily discusses how Al Jazeera converged from the perspective of consuming, creating and distributing media content among TV, online of different languages. The practical aspects of journalism convergence in Al Jazeera is a model from the global South, different from the English world. This paper suggests that the experience of journalism convergence in Al Jazeera will inspire us to rethink cultural convergence in the digital age in Taiwan.