Overview

Several long-lasting conflicts shape the Middle East and dominate its representation in local, regional and international media. Since the 1990s, the Arab media landscape has undergone a rapid transformation, and this is affecting both how news is covered and the ways in which information is broadcast.While new technologies emerge, such as Arab television and blogging, censorship is adapting to control output, with limited success. Jihadist and dissident websites, as well as TV channels owned and run by political groups such as Hezbollah, proliferate, and the Arab 'media wars' continue to mirror conflicts on the ground. The essays in this collection provide an up-to-date analysis of the Arab media sphere as well as its reflection and response in Western media.

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Author:   Arnim Heinemann ,  Olfa Lamloum ,  Anne Francoise Weber
Publisher:   Saqi Books
Imprint:   Saqi Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780863566585

ISBN 10:   0863566588
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 October 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

IntroductionPart One: Media in ConflictsThe development of the cartoons crisis - a Danish perspective, by JA rgen S. Nielsen The Representation of Middle Eastern Conflicts in French Media, by Denis SieffertA Grapes of Unity facing Grapes of WrathA - War Coverage and Objectivity, by Zahera HarbMedia War or War on Media: Lessons from Iraq, by Ehab BessaisoAl-Jazeera: a Pan-Arab revival?, by Olfa LamloumJournalist as Change Agent: Government repression, corporate feudalism and the Evolving mission of Arab journalism, Lawrence PintakPart Two: Market and CensorshipIs the Arab TV Viewer a King or a Pawn? How Arab Broadcasters Deal with Schedules and Audience Data, Naomi SakrThe Business of News: One Writer's Impressions of Two Middle East News Publications, by Jim QuiltyTransnational media and authoritarian national public spheres, by Tristan MattelartRepresentation, images and censorship in Algeria, by Ghania MouffokBeyond Utopias and Dystopias: Internet in the Arab world, by Maha TakiA Reading of the Media Performance of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 2005 Parliamentary Elections- A Case Study of the City of Alexandria, by Husam Tammam Part Three: Public OpinionMeasuring and comparing opinions: A practical and theoretical challenge, by Erik NeveuEuropean-Middle Eastern Relations in the Media Age, by Erfurt Kai HafezThe Integration of Weblogs in the Egyptian Media environment, Enrique KlausDo the different formats of the Lebanese media constitute a pan-Arab public opinion?, by Katharina Notzoldt In the 'Net' of Public Opinion - Islamist Online Media at Work, by Yassin MusharbashContributorsIndex

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Arnim Heinemann is a researcher at the Orient-Institut Beirut. Olfa Lamloum is a researcher at the Institut Francais du Proche-Orient, Beirut. Anne Francoise Weber is a programme manager at the Beirut office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

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