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The new Arab media : technology, image and perception /

Title By: Zweiri, Mahjoob [Editor.] | Murphy, Emma [Editor.]
Material type: BookPublisher: Reading, UK : Ithaca Press, 2011.Description: xxiv, 168 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780863723476; 0863723470Subject(s): Mass media -- Arab countries | Mass media and propaganda -- Arab countriesDDC classification: 302.230917/4927 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Observing the growth of al-Jazeera over the past decade and noting the significant role of social media in the Tunisian uprising that overthrew President Ben Ali (among other developments), it's difficult to argue with Zweiri (contemporary history of the Middle East, Qatar U.) and Murphy (political economy, U. of Durham, UK) when they write, "The Arab world is in the midst of a new media revolution." Here, they present nine papers exploring the nature and impact of this revolution. Topics include differences in approaches and content in al-Jazeera's English- and Arabic-language programming; the Internet and state-society bargaining in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Saudi Arabia; comparative media vocabulary about the war in Iraq on CNN and al-Jazeera; constructions of images of the other in the media; the dynamics of new media technology use among the Coptic Christians of Egypt; the role of information communication technologies in building the Habermasian public sphere in the Arab world; and differences in media audiences in the Middle East.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
Main Collection 		302.2309174927 NE WA (Browse shelf) Available T0043084
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302.2309174927 FA UN (Un)civil war of words : 302.2309174927 ME AR Arab media : 302.2309174927 ME AR Arab media : 302.2309174927 NE WA The new Arab media : 302.2309174927 SO CI Social media in the Arab world : 302.23094 EU RO European media policy for the twenty-first century : 302.23094 ME DI Media, margins and civic agency /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-162) and index.

Observing the growth of al-Jazeera over the past decade and noting the significant role of social media in the Tunisian uprising that overthrew President Ben Ali (among other developments), it's difficult to argue with Zweiri (contemporary history of the Middle East, Qatar U.) and Murphy (political economy, U. of Durham, UK) when they write, "The Arab world is in the midst of a new media revolution." Here, they present nine papers exploring the nature and impact of this revolution. Topics include differences in approaches and content in al-Jazeera's English- and Arabic-language programming; the Internet and state-society bargaining in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Saudi Arabia; comparative media vocabulary about the war in Iraq on CNN and al-Jazeera; constructions of images of the other in the media; the dynamics of new media technology use among the Coptic Christians of Egypt; the role of information communication technologies in building the Habermasian public sphere in the Arab world; and differences in media audiences in the Middle East.

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