Mass media, politics, and society in the Middle East

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Mass media, politics, and society in the Middle East

edited by Kai Hafez

(The Hampton Press communication series, Political communication)

Hampton Press, c2000

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works
  • Mass media in Arab states between diversification and stagnation / Hussein Amin
  • Saudi Arabia's international media strategy / Douglas A. Boyd
  • Restructuring television in Egypt / Tourya Guaaybess
  • Freedom of the press in Jordanian press laws, 1927-1998 / Orayb Aref Najjar
  • The changing face of Arab communications / Muhammad I. Ayish
  • Internet in the Arab world / Henner Kirchner
  • Distribution of ideas : book production and publishing in Egypt, Lebanon, and the Middle East / Stefan Winkler
  • Interaction between traditional communication and modern media : implications for social change in Iran and Pakistan / Shir Mohammad Rawan
  • "Coming close to God" through the media : a phenomenology of the media practices of Islamist women in Egypt / Karin Werner
  • The global flow of information : a critical appraisal from the perspective of Arab-Islamic information sciences / Dagmar Glass
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The mass media in the Arab world has undergone profound changes during the 1990s with the introduction and spread of new technologies which go beyond the regional realm and bypass authoritarian control. This text examines whether this access is sufficient to generate political and social change.

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  • NCID
    BA59254921
  • ISBN
    • 1572733039
    • 1572733047
  • LCCN
    00053557
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cresskill, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 249 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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