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Reality television and Arab politics contention in public life /

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Main Author: Kraidy, Marwan, 1972-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:Communication, society, and politics.
Subjects:
Reality television programs > Arab countries > History and criticism.
Reality television programs > Political aspects > Arab countries.
Television viewers > Arab countries > Attitudes.
Public opinion > Arab countries.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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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