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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150192103321

Autore

El Issawi Fatima

Titolo

Arab National Media and Political Change : “Recording the Transition” / / by Fatima El-Issawi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781349709151

1349709158

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VI, 202 p.)

Collana

The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication, , 2945-6126

Disciplina

320.014

Soggetti

Communication in politics

Communication

Mass media

Regionalism

Political Communication

Media and Communication

Media Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter 1 Regulatory Media Reform: The Legacy of the Past and Burdens in the Present -- Chapter 2 Watchdogs and Patriots: How Arab Journalists Define Professionalism in Daily Practice -- Chapter 3 The Media Elite: Moderators or Preachers of the Public Opinion? -- Chapter 4 State Media: A Public Service? -- Chapter 5 Journalists versus Activist?: Traditional Journalists and Cyber Activism -- Chapter 6 Ratings Are Votes: Media and Democratization -- Conclusion. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the evolution of national Arab media and its interplay with political change, particularly in emerging democracies in the context of the Arab uprisings. Investigated from a journalistic perspective, this research addresses the role played by traditional national media in consolidating emerging democracies or in exacerbating their fragility within new political contexts. Also analyzed



are the ways journalists report about politics and transformations of these media industries, drawing on the international experiences of media in transitional societies. This study builds on a field investigation led by the author and conducted within the project “Arab Revolutions: Media Revolutions,” covering Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt. .