Japanese television NHK’s response to the polarization between American and Arab society following the events of September 11th. The programme is based on a live satellite link between a group of young Americans in New York City and a group of young Arabs in Cairo. We see that there is no singular “American” or “Arab” position. This successful adaptation of the vis-à-vis approach reminds us that the television medium can be an effective tool for building bridges of understanding between cultures.
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The 21st. century opened with hatred: The attack on America, the bombing of Afghanistan and the Israeli-Palestinian violence. In a roundtable discussion hosted by NHK,…