Reality television and Arab politics contention in public life /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Communication, society, and politics.
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| 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.