New media and the new Middle East / edited by Philip Seib.
| Other author | Seib, Philip M., 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Description | xviii, 263 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication |
| Contents | Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- 1. New media and prospects for democratization / Philip Seib -- 2. The Arab search for a global identity: breaking out of the mainstream media cocoon / Ibrahim Saleh -- 3. The role of new Arab satellite channels in fostering intercultural dialogue: can Al Jazeera English bridge the gap? / Sahar Khamis -- 4. The public diplomacy of Al Jazeera / Shawn Powers and Eytan Gilboa -- 5. The caged bird sings: how reliance on Al Jazeera affects views regarding press freedom in the Arab world / Shahira Fahmy and Thomas J. Johnson -- 6. Arab arguments: talk shows and the new Arab public sphere / Marc Lynch -- 7. U.S. public diplomacy and the news credibility of Radio Sawa and Television Al Hurra in the Arab world / Mohammed el-Nawawy -- 8. Women, blogs, and political power in Kuwait / Samar al-Roomi -- 9. Israel and the new media / Yehiel Limor -- 10. The Palestinian-Israeli web war / Chanan Naveh -- 11. New Palestinian media and democratization from below / Orayb Aref Najjar -- 12. New media, new audience, new topics, and new forms of censorship in the Middle East / Ahmed el Gody -- 13. Terrorism and the making of the new Middle East: new media strategies of Hezbollah and al Qaeda / Maura Conway. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007060029 |
| ISBN | 1403979731 |
| ISBN | 9781403979735 |