Arab Media: Power and Weakness
Top Insights
New York; London: Continuum (2008), ix, 277 pp.
Contains tables, bibliogr., index
Signature commbox: 300A:10-General 2008
"Arab Media: Power and Weakness is comprised of research synopses (comprehensive overviews over the current academic literature and “blind spots” of research in one of the above mentioned fields); original empirical research; and theoretical papers. The result is a comprehensive handbook of up-to date research and scholarship on this important and fast-changing subject, which will be of use to all students and researchers of the contemporary Arab world." (Publisher description)
Arab Media: Power and Weakness / Kai Hafez, 1
PART 1: MEDIA EFFECTS
1 Political Opportunity Structures: Effects of Arab Media / Marc Lynch, 17
2 Lack of Influence? Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Making in the Arab World / Russell E. Lucas, 33
3 The Effects of Islamist Media on the Mainstream Press in Egypt / Carola Richter, 46
PART 2: MEDIA AUDIENCES
4 Arab Media Audience Research: Developments and Constraints / Hussein Amin, 69
5 From Activity to Interactivity: The Arab Audience / Marwan M. Kraidy, 91
PART 3: MEDIA CONTENT
6 Arab World Media Content Studies: A Meta-Analysis of a Changing Research Agenda / Muhammad Ayish, 105
7 The Political Elites' Dominance over the Visual Space: A Qualitative and Quantitative Content Study ofm Lebanese Television / Katharina Nötzoid, 125
PART 4: MEDIA ETHICS
8 The Unknown Desire for "Objectivity": Journalism Ethics in Arab (and Western) Journalism / Kai Hafez, 147
9 Agents of Change? Journalism Ethics in Lebanese and Jordanian Journalism Education / Judith Pies, 165
PART 5: MEDIA ECONOMY
10 Gaps in the Market: Insights from Scholarly Work on Arab Media Economics / Naomi Sakr, 185
11 Orientalism and the Economics of Arab Broadcasting / Tourya Guaaybess, 199
PART 6: MEDIA LAW AND POLICY
12 Media Policy and Law in Egypt and Jordan: Continuities and Changes / Orayb Aref Najjar, 217
PART 7: MEDIA CULTURES
13 Arab Media and Cultural Studies: Rehearsing New Questions / Tarik Sabry, 237
14 Through the Back Door: Syrian Television Makers between Secularism and Islamization / Christa Salamandra, 252
PART 1: MEDIA EFFECTS
1 Political Opportunity Structures: Effects of Arab Media / Marc Lynch, 17
2 Lack of Influence? Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Making in the Arab World / Russell E. Lucas, 33
3 The Effects of Islamist Media on the Mainstream Press in Egypt / Carola Richter, 46
PART 2: MEDIA AUDIENCES
4 Arab Media Audience Research: Developments and Constraints / Hussein Amin, 69
5 From Activity to Interactivity: The Arab Audience / Marwan M. Kraidy, 91
PART 3: MEDIA CONTENT
6 Arab World Media Content Studies: A Meta-Analysis of a Changing Research Agenda / Muhammad Ayish, 105
7 The Political Elites' Dominance over the Visual Space: A Qualitative and Quantitative Content Study ofm Lebanese Television / Katharina Nötzoid, 125
PART 4: MEDIA ETHICS
8 The Unknown Desire for "Objectivity": Journalism Ethics in Arab (and Western) Journalism / Kai Hafez, 147
9 Agents of Change? Journalism Ethics in Lebanese and Jordanian Journalism Education / Judith Pies, 165
PART 5: MEDIA ECONOMY
10 Gaps in the Market: Insights from Scholarly Work on Arab Media Economics / Naomi Sakr, 185
11 Orientalism and the Economics of Arab Broadcasting / Tourya Guaaybess, 199
PART 6: MEDIA LAW AND POLICY
12 Media Policy and Law in Egypt and Jordan: Continuities and Changes / Orayb Aref Najjar, 217
PART 7: MEDIA CULTURES
13 Arab Media and Cultural Studies: Rehearsing New Questions / Tarik Sabry, 237
14 Through the Back Door: Syrian Television Makers between Secularism and Islamization / Christa Salamandra, 252
