Reality Television and Arab Politics : contention in public life / Marwan M. Kraidy.
Series: Communication, society, and politicsPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xvi, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780521769198 (hardback)
- 0521769191 (hardback)
- 9780521749046 (pbk.)
- 0521749042 (pbk.)
- 791.45/6
- PN1992.8.R43.K73 2009
Contents:
Introduction: beyond al-Jazeera -- Screens of contention: the battle for Arab viewers -- Voting Islam off the island? Big brother in Bahrain -- The Saudi-Lebanese connection -- Contesting reality: Star academy and Islamic authenticity in Saudi Arabia -- Gendering reality: Kuwait in the eye of the storm -- A battle of nations: Superstar and the Lebanon-Syria media war -- The "new Middle East"? Reality television and the "independence Intifada" -- Conclusion: performing politics, taming modernity.
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Introduction: beyond al-Jazeera -- Screens of contention: the battle for Arab viewers -- Voting Islam off the island? Big brother in Bahrain -- The Saudi-Lebanese connection -- Contesting reality: Star academy and Islamic authenticity in Saudi Arabia -- Gendering reality: Kuwait in the eye of the storm -- A battle of nations: Superstar and the Lebanon-Syria media war -- The "new Middle East"? Reality television and the "independence Intifada" -- Conclusion: performing politics, taming modernity.
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