Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World: A Decade of Change

Author:   Lena Jayyusi ,  Anne Sofie Roald
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
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9781137525222


Pages:   327
Publication Date:   09 November 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World: A Decade of Change


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Much has been made of the role of various media in the shaping of conflicts and political agendas in today's Arab world. This volume examines this topic with interdisciplinary contributions that range across media studies, anthroplogy, religious studies, and political science and explore both new and older media forms.

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Author:   Lena Jayyusi ,  Anne Sofie Roald
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   5.268kg
ISBN:  

9781137525222


ISBN 10:   1137525223
Pages:   327
Publication Date:   09 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction; Lena Jayyusi 1. The Egyptian Blogosphere and the Revolution of the 25th of January; Charles Hirschkind 2. The Three Phases of Facebook: Social Networks and the Public Sphere in the Arab World  - The Case of the Tunisian Revolution; Sadok Hammami 3. Hezbollah Communication Policy and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Olfa Lamloum 4. Martyrs and Markets: Exploring the Palestinian Visual Public Sphere; Toufic Haddad 5. Revolutionary Manoeuvrings Palestinian activism between Cybercide, and Cyber Intifada; Miriyam Aouragh 6. The Geopolitics of Press Freedoms in the Israeli-Palestinian Context; Amahl Bishara 7. The Politics/Popular Culture Nexus in the Arab World: A Preliminary Comparison of Reality Television and Music Video; Marwan M. Kraidy 8. Female Islamic Interpretations on the Air: Fatwas and Religious Guidance by Women Scholars on Arab Satellite Channels; Anne Sofie Roald 9. Presence and visibility: Women in Arab satellite television, 1996-2006; Hayat Howayyek Atiyya 10. The Framing of the Islam Online Crisis in Arab Media; Mona Abdel-Fadil List of contributors Note on transliteration Index

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This is a timely and pertinent volume with high quality papers and insider perspectives on the role of media and social media at the time of the Arab spring. - Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Astutely mapping the Arab media and its complex political environment over the last decade, this valuable collection adds a critical edge to recent scholarship on a vital subject. Strongly recommended. - Daya Thussu, Professor of International Communication, University of Westminster, London, UK


Author Information

Mona Abdel-Fadil, University of Oslo, Norway Hayat Howayyek Atiyya, Sorbonne, France Miriyam Aouragh, University of Westminster, UK Amahl Bishara, Tufts University, USA Toufic Haddad, School for Oriental and African Studies, UK Sadok Hammami, Institute of Press and Information Sciences, Tunisia Charles Hirschkind, University of California, USA Marwan M. Kraidy, University of Pennsylvania, USA Olfa Lamloum, Université de Sciences Juridiques et Politiques, Tunisia

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