The New Arab Media: Technology, Image and Perception

by Mahjoob Zweiri (Editor), Emma C. Murphy (Editor)

Overview

The New Arab Media: Technology, Image and Perception provides a valuable introduction and analysis of some of the most important issues surrounding the new media revolution in the Middle East. In particular, the book examines the two Janus-like faces of the new media in the Middle-East: its role in reflecting developments within the region, as well as its function in projecting the Arab world outside the Middle East. Now available in paperback, the contributions address various aspects of new media developments, each one highlighting an aspect of the complexity of the relationship between new media developments and Middle Eastern cultures. The topics examined include: the impact of Al-Jazeera
• implementation of the internet in the region
• the use of the media for diplomacy and propaganda
• image culture
• the use of the internet by religious diasporas
• information and communication technologies and the Arab Public Sphere
• the influence of satellite television on Arab public opinion
• the explosion of local radio stations in Jordan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780863724176
Publisher:	Garnet Publishing
Publication date:	04/27/2012
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Mahjoob Zweiri is Head of the Humanities department at Qatar University. Emma C Murphy is Professor of Political Economy in the School of Government and International Affairs, University of Durham. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Other contributors include Ahmet Uysal, Jon W. Anderson, Andreas Musolff, Abdel-mutaleb Al-Zuweiri, Khaled Hajji, Saima Saeed, Fiona McCallum, Fare Braizat and David Berger.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures vii

Contributors ix

Introduction Mahjoob Zweiri Emma C. Murphy xiii

1 The New Frontier in International Politics: The Nature of al-Jazeera's Prime-time Broadcasting in Arabic and English Ahmet Uysal 1

2 Between Freedom and Coercion: Inside Internet Implantation in the Middle East Jon W. Anderson 19

3 The Milestone Metaphor: CNN and al-Jazeera Discourse on the Iraq War Andreas Musolff Abdel-mutaleb al-Zuweiri 31

4 News Media, Public Diplomacy and the 'War on Terror' Saima Saeed 47

5 Image Culture, Media and Power Khalid Hajji 69

6 Religious Diaspora and Information Communications Technology: The Impact of Globalization on Communal Relations in Egypt Fiona McCallum 81

7 Between Image and Reality: New ICTs and the Arab Public Sphere Emma C. Murphy 103

8 The Impact of Arab Satellite Channels on Public Opinion Fares Braizat David Berger 123

9 Jordan's Local Radio Revolution: Progress, Challenges and Possibilities Mahjoob Zweiri 139

Appendix 155

Further Reading 159

Index 163