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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778052703321

Autore

Khiabany Gholam

Titolo

Iranian media [[electronic resource] ] : the paradox modernity / / Gholam Khiabany

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-89490-6

1-282-25686-6

9786612256868

0-203-87641-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies ; ; 3

Classificazione

05.05

Disciplina

302.230955

Soggetti

Press and politics - Iran - History - 20th century

Government and the press - Iran - History - 20th century

Mass media policy - Iran - History - 20th century

Mass media - Religious aspects - Islam

Freedom of the press - Iran - History - 20th century

Women and journalism - Iran - History - 20th century

Women's periodicals, Persian - Iran - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Religion, State, and Culture: Beyond Islamic Exceptionalism; 2 Is There an Islamic Communication Theory?; 3 Iranian Press: The Paradox of 'Modernity'; 4 Emerging Public Spheres and the Limits of the Press; 5 Press, State, and Civil Society: Illusions and Realities; 6 Media Policy Under the Islamic Republic: Rights, Institutional Interests, and Control; 7 The Politics of Broadcasting: Continuity and Change, Expansion and Control; 8 Women's Press and the Gendered Nature of the Public Sphere; Conclusion

NotesBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The post-revolutionary state in Iran has tried to amalgamate 'Sharia with electricity' and modernity with what it considers as 'Islam'. While sympathetic to private capital, through quasi anti-capitalist politics, the



state began to restrict market-relations, confiscate major assets of sections of the Iranian bourgeoisie, and nationalize major aspects of Iran's industry, including its communications system. Since the end of war with Iraq and the start of the process of 'reconstruction', market-driven development and economic policies have been key aims of the state.