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Arab Television Today
Naomi Sakr
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Description for Arab Television Today
Paperback. A sequel to "Satellite Realms: Transnational Television, Globalization and the Middle East", this work probes internal and external interventions in the Arab television landscape. It explores and explains the evolving structures and content choices in entertainment and news of contemporary Arab television. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
There is a great deal at stake for everyone in the future of Arab television. Political and social upheavals in this central but unsettled region are increasingly played out on television screens and in the tussles over programming that take place behind them. Al-Jazeera is of course only one player among a still-growing throng of satellite channels, which now include private terrestrial stations in some Arab states. It is an industry urgently needing to be made sense of; this book does exactly this in a very readable and authoritative way, through exploring and explaining the evolving structures and content choices ... Read more
There is a great deal at stake for everyone in the future of Arab television. Political and social upheavals in this central but unsettled region are increasingly played out on television screens and in the tussles over programming that take place behind them. Al-Jazeera is of course only one player among a still-growing throng of satellite channels, which now include private terrestrial stations in some Arab states. It is an industry urgently needing to be made sense of; this book does exactly this in a very readable and authoritative way, through exploring and explaining the evolving structures and content choices ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845115647
SKU
V9781845115647
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99-5
About Naomi Sakr
Naomi Sakr is a Reader in Communication in the School of Media, Arts and Design at the University of Westminster. She is the author of Middle Eastern Studies Book Prize-winner, 'Satellite Realms': Transnational Television, Globalisation and the Middle East', and she has edited two books, 'Women and Media in the Middle East': Power through Self-Expression and 'Arab Media and Political ... Read more
Reviews for Arab Television Today
''One of the book's salient features is that its discussion is grounded in specific country cases. ...this is a must read for anyone interested in the political economy of the Arab television industry....''
Arab Media & Society
Arab Media & Society