Mass media in the Middle East: Patterns of Political and Societal Change / Kai Hafez, 1
PART I: MEDIA CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP
1 Mass media in Arab states between diversification and stagnation / Hussein Amin, 23
2 Saudi Arabia's international media strategy / Douglas A. Boyd, 43
3 Restructuring television in Egypt / Tourya Guaaybess, 61
4 Freedom of the press in Jordanian press laws, 1927-1998 / Orayb Aref Najjar, 77
PART II: MASS MEDIA AND DEVELOPMENT
5 The changing face of Arab communications / Muhammad I. Ayish, 111
6 Internet in the Arab world / Henner Kirchner, 137
7 Distribution of ideas: book production and publishing in Egypt, Lebanon, and the Middle East / Stefan Winkler, 159
8 Interaction between traditional communication and modern media: implications for social change in Iran and Pakistan / Shir Mohammad Rawan, 175
PART III: MEDIA AND CULTURE
9 "Coming close to God" through the media: a phenomenology of the media practices of Islamist women in Egypt / Karin Werner, 199
10 The global flow of information: a critical appraisal from the perspective of Arab-Islamic information sciences / Dagmar Glass, 217