The Real (Arab) World: Is Reality Television Democratizing the Middle East? Transnational Broadcasting Studies Vol. 1, No. 2 (v. 2) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Transnational Broadcasting Studies | Publication Date: March 1, 2006

This volume of Transnational Broadcasting Studies (TBS) examines the hottest trends and controversies on satellite TV in the Arab and Muslim worlds. Provocatively titled The Real (Arab) World: Is Reality TV Democratizing the Middle East?, this edition includes articles by political scientists and media experts Marc Lynch and Marwan Kreidy, as well as interviews with some of the Arab media's leading figures. It also features a wide range of essays on other media-related topics, including the question of anti-Americanism on Arab TV by former US Ambassador William Rugh, the impact of satellite TV in Iran by Yehia Kamalipour, and an article by TBS senior editor Lawrence Pintak about how the Palestinian issue became a marker of Muslim identity in Indonesia. Other contributors include Philip Seib, S. Abdallah Schleifer, Hugh Miles and Kai Hafez. Published by the Adham Center for Television Journalism, the American University in Cairo and the Middle East Centre, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford. TBS Volume 2. "I consider TBS one of the most avant-garde information sources on the Arab media revolution." Fatima Mernissi, Mohamed V University, Rabat TBS Journal has been an indispensable resource to all those with a keen interest in Arab media, providing both credible scholarly research and thoughtful provocative commentary. Adel Iskandar, University of Kentucky TBS does a superb job of covering one of the most important areas of global communications the impact of Arab and Islamic satellite television. . . . It is an indispensable resource. Philip Seib, Lucius W. Nieman Professor of Journalism, Marquette Universit

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This volume was published by the Adham Center for Television Journalism, the American University in Cairo and the Middle East Centre, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9774249836
• ISBN-13: 978-9774249839
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
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