News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries

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News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries is based on ongoing research at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, and has investigated the rapidly changing nature of the news media in Arab countries. They have investigated the role of newspapers and television in news provision and the impact of new media developments, most especially the emergence of the internet as a platform for news distribution and of international satellite television channels such as Al Jazeera. Examining the constantly developing nature of news, the collection contains separately authored chapters produced by the researchers responsible for each original analysis, covering Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Based on original primary and secondary research, this will be the first empirical-based collection to blend perspectives from both the Western and Arab nations.

Barrie Gunter is Professor of Mass Communication in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK. Roger Dickinson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, UK.

This absorbing volume provides great insight into the Arab mediascape, based on critical and empirical research in ten Arab countries. It explores the profound changes culminating in the rise of transnational pan-Arab media, including Al Jazeera, and the flow of media content from the Arab region to the rest of the world. The volume provides an accessible and diverse survey of the Arab media, and an indispensable reference to anyone interested in the shifting media and political landscape in the Arab region. -- Noha Mellor, Professor, Department of Media & Journalism, Bedfordshire University, UK This book provides a much-needed empirically grounded update on the state of the news media in the Arab world at a time of continuous social and political flux. In detailing the rapid changes, and in some cases, the radical re-configuration, of the Arab news media industry, this book refocuses attention to the potential of the news media as a 'fourth estate' - or an alternative source of political opinion and debate. The book is a valuable resource for scholars and journalists working on the Arab world and its media. -- Dina Matar, Director, Centre for Media and Film Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK Gunter and Dickinson's book is a refreshingly objective reading of the Media in the Arab countries it discusses. It presents the contemporary state of the media and deepens the reader's understanding with excellent historical, social and political backgrounds. This book is an outstanding example of the great scholarship that results from the collaboration of scholars from the West and the East. -- Dr. Gaby Semaan, Media and Communication Specialist, Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, US If you want a quick run down on media history of the region, this book will provide it for you. -- Julia Duin, University of Alaska * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *