New media and the new Middle East / edited by Philip Seib.
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TextSeries: Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communicationPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007Edition: first editionDescription: xviii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780230619234
- 302.230956 N 22
- P95.82.M628 N49 2007
- 05.30
- MH 60150
Contents:
Scope and content: In this book, leading international scholars examine the way new media is reshaping lives and politics. Covering topics from women's rights to terrorism, and countries from Israel to Saudi Arabia, these authors explore the global and regional ramifications of the proliferation of communication technologies and the information they disseminate.
Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- 1. New media and prospects for democratization / Philip Seib -- 2. The Arab search for a global identity: breaking out of the mainstream media cocoon / Ibrahim Saleh -- 3. The role of new Arab satellite channels in fostering intercultural dialogue: can Al Jazeera English bridge the gap? / Sahar Khamis -- 4. The public diplomacy of Al Jazeera / Shawn Powers and Eytan Gilboa -- 5. The caged bird sings: how reliance on Al Jazeera affects views regarding press freedom in the Arab world / Shahira Fahmy and Thomas J. Johnson -- 6. Arab arguments: talk shows and the new Arab public sphere / Marc Lynch -- 7. U.S. public diplomacy and the news credibility of Radio Sawa and Television Al Hurra in the Arab world / Mohammed el-Nawawy -- 8. Women, blogs, and political power in Kuwait / Samar al-Roomi -- 9. Israel and the new media / Yehiel Limor -- 10. The Palestinian-Israeli web war / Chanan Naveh -- 11. New Palestinian media and democratization from below / Orayb Aref Najjar -- 12. New media, new audience, new topics, and new forms of censorship in the Middle East / Ahmed el Gody -- 13. Terrorism and the making of the new Middle East: new media strategies of Hezbollah and al Qaeda / Maura Conway.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- 1. New media and prospects for democratization / Philip Seib -- 2. The Arab search for a global identity: breaking out of the mainstream media cocoon / Ibrahim Saleh -- 3. The role of new Arab satellite channels in fostering intercultural dialogue: can Al Jazeera English bridge the gap? / Sahar Khamis -- 4. The public diplomacy of Al Jazeera / Shawn Powers and Eytan Gilboa -- 5. The caged bird sings: how reliance on Al Jazeera affects views regarding press freedom in the Arab world / Shahira Fahmy and Thomas J. Johnson -- 6. Arab arguments: talk shows and the new Arab public sphere / Marc Lynch -- 7. U.S. public diplomacy and the news credibility of Radio Sawa and Television Al Hurra in the Arab world / Mohammed el-Nawawy -- 8. Women, blogs, and political power in Kuwait / Samar al-Roomi -- 9. Israel and the new media / Yehiel Limor -- 10. The Palestinian-Israeli web war / Chanan Naveh -- 11. New Palestinian media and democratization from below / Orayb Aref Najjar -- 12. New media, new audience, new topics, and new forms of censorship in the Middle East / Ahmed el Gody -- 13. Terrorism and the making of the new Middle East: new media strategies of Hezbollah and al Qaeda / Maura Conway.
In this book, leading international scholars examine the way new media is reshaping lives and politics. Covering topics from women's rights to terrorism, and countries from Israel to Saudi Arabia, these authors explore the global and regional ramifications of the proliferation of communication technologies and the information they disseminate.
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