Mass media, politics, and society in the Middle East
By: edited by Kai Hafez.
Contributors: Hafez, Kai, 1964-
Series: The Hampton Press communication series.
Publisher: Hampton Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cresskill, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Mass media -- Middle East
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Mass media in Arab states between diversification and stagnation / Hussein Amin; title: Saudi Arabia's international media strategy / Douglas A. Boyd; title: Restructuring television in Egypt / Tourya Guaaybess; title: Freedom of the press in Jordanian press laws, 1927-1998 / Orayb Aref Najjar; title: The changing face of Arab communications / Muhammad I. Ayish; title: Internet in the Arab world / Henner Kirchner; title: Distribution of ideas : book production and publishing in Egypt, Lebanon, and the Middle East / Stefan Winkler; title: Interaction between traditional communication and modern media : implications for social change in Iran and Pakistan / Shir Mohammad Rawan; title: "Coming close to God" through the media : a phenomenology of the media practices of Islamist women in Egypt / Karin Werner; title: The global flow of information : a critical appraisal from the perspective of Arab-Islamic information sciences / Dagmar Glass.