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This work is a collection of the best research reports and essays gathered globally by the editors over a three-year period. World-renowned experts from the Arab region as well as the West have authored most of the chapters. Seven sections divide the text, and each investigates compelling, timely questions for today's communication professionals. Because of its focus on communications and new media, this volume may be used at colleges and universities worldwide. It will impact numerous academic disciplines and the professional world as well. A wide range of curricula may adopt the text as supplementary reading for courses in political science, speech and rhetoric, public relations, sociology, communications, journalism, diplomacy and government.

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Author:   Hussein Y. Amin ,  Leo A. Gher
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.462kg
ISBN:  

9781567504736

ISBN 10:   1567504736
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   01 February 2000
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: From the Heartland of America Leo A Gher Introduction: From the Banks of the Nile Hussein Y. Amin Diplomacy, Transnational Communications, and Mediated Discourse Television and Civic Discourse in Postwar Lebanon Marwan M. Kraidy Why Kids Want Their MTV: A Cross-Cultural Perspective Rasha A Abdulla Internet Pornography: Between Constitutionality and Morality Mohammed el-Nawawy Western Cultural Invasion: Myth of Monster? Media Images of Arabs, Muslims, and the Middle East in the United States Yahya R. Kamalipour Arab/Islam Phobia; The Making of the Media in the West Issam Suleiman Mousa Cyberspace Digital Technologies: An Overview Information Technology, Democracy and Development: An Overview ALi A. Attiga Arab Countries' Global Telephone Traffic Networks James A. Danowski IDigital Communications in the Arab World Entering the 21st Century Hussein Y. Amin and Leo A. Gher uilding Second-Language Skills for Journalism Students:Using the World Wide Web to Edit Student Stories Long Distance Roger Gafke and Ronald Naeger New Electronic Arab Newspapers: Techniques and Distribution Shems Freidlander Privatization of Media in the Middle East Singing the Arab Market Economy's Notes Jihad Fakhreddine Telecommunications Management in the Arab World: The Case History of Arab Radio and Television Leo. A Gher and Walid Arab Hashem A Q Study of Reactions to Direct Broadcast Satellite Television Programming in Saudia Arabia Safran A al-Makaty, Douglas A. Boyd and G. Norman Van Tubergen New Journalism: The Online Environment and Law Within the Limits of the Law: Press Law 1995-Arafat's Answer to Freedom Press Carolyn Crimmins Egyptian Press Journalists' Professional Standards and the Challenge of Privatization Yorck van Korff Egyptian and Palestinian Press Laws: Prospects and Concerns James J. Napoli, Carolyn Crimmins, and Leonard Ray Teel Cultural Treatment of International Events: A Content Analysis of American and Egyptian Newscasting Mohammed el-Nawawy Global Forum: Dialogues for the New Millenium Culture and Communication: A Global Information Society Abdullah Hasanat he Role of Cyber Cafes in Developing Internet Literacy in Egypt Ahmed Mohammed el-Gody The Role of the Media in the Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediteranean Ahmed Bedjaoui The Price of Private Media Around the World: Picking Up Where Textbooks Stop Craig Allen ulture aand Communication in the Global Information Society Kamel Abu Jaber elling Oil to Arabs Jihad Fakhreddine Author and Subject Index

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The essay show both the opportunity and limitations inherent in the new media environment in the Middle East today. -Bulletin of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East ?The essay show both the opportunity and limitations inherent in the new media environment in the Middle East today.?-Bulletin of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East

?The essay show both the opportunity and limitations inherent in the new media environment in the Middle East today.?-Bulletin of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East

?The essay show both the opportunity and limitations inherent in the new media environment in the Middle East today.?-Bulletin of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East The essay show both the opportunity and limitations inherent in the new media environment in the Middle East today. -Bulletin of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East

Author Information

LEO A. GHER is Associate Professor and Director fo the Brown Media Management Lab housed at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale,Illinois. Director Gher is credited with nore than 75 educational and professional presentations and publications. He is member of the editorial board of Transitional Broadcasting Studies and is author of a forthcoming text, The Art & Science of Media Economics:Marketing & Management Strategies for the 21st Century. GHer comes to academia from a professional background,and is widely recognized as an expert in media economics,cross-cultural communications,and management. HUSSEIN Y. AMIN is Associate Professor and Senior Fellow in the School of Business,Economics and Communications at the American University in Cairo. He is founding board member of the Arab-U.S. Assocaition for Communication Educators,the senior editor of Transitional Broadcasting Studies, on the editorial board of the Journal of African Studies, and memebr fo the advisory board of the Journal of International Communication. Dr. Amin is acknowledged as the foremost authority on Arab media regulation and privatization,and global braodcasting in developing countries.

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