Figenschou, Tine Ustad (2013). Al Jazeera and the Global Media Landscape: The South is Talking Back (på engelsk). Routledge. s. 27. ISBN978-1-135-07870-6. «Although both Al Jazeera and Qatari officials stress that the network is politically and editorially independent, it is vital to point out that—in the authoritarian Qatari political context—his independence is relative and conditional. ...the present chapter...elucidates Qatar's multi-faceted strategic interests in the Al Jazeera Network and discusses whether AJE serves as a public diplomacy tool for the Qatari authorities. It argues that AJE is a strategic communication tool for Qatar, reflecting and promoting the tiny petro-state's ambitious foreign policy agenda, public diplomacy and place-branding campaigns.»
