Reality television and Arab politics
Subtitle: contention in public life
By: Marwan M. Kraidy.
Series: Communication, society and politics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780521769198; 9780521749046
Subjects: Reality television programs -- Arab countries -- History and criticism; Reality television programs -- Political aspects -- Arab countries; Television viewers -- Arab countries -- Attitudes; Public opinion -- Arab countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: beyond al-Jazeera; title: Screens of contention: the battle for Arab viewers; title: Voting Islam off the island? big brother in Bahrain; title: The Saudi-Lebanese connection; title: Contesting reality: Star academy and Islamic authenticity in Saudi Arabia; title: Gendering reality: Kuwait in the eye of the storm; title: A battle of nations: Superstar and the Syrian-Lebanese media war; title: The "new Middle East"? reality television and the "independence Intifada"; title: Conclusion: performing politics, taming modernity.