AbstractsCommunication

This research aims to identify and discuss the reasons of why the Qatari based channel Al- Jazeera opens its air to terrorist organizations, particularly Al-Qaida and its leader Osama ben Ladin, and transmits their messages. To do so, based on critical media/ cultural study approach, which allows the researcher to narrate and analyze the data in a comprehensive way, this research has been contextualized by providing a literature about the nature of relationship between media and terrorism. The data of this research about Al-Jazeera, terrorism and Al-Qaida are gleaned basically from books, academic journals and conference proceedings. However, the findings of this research are the conclusion extracted as a result of the discussion.