Del i serien Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication

Arab National Media and Political Change

“Recording the Transition”

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvFatima El-Issawi

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-08-01
Mått148 x 210 x 12 mm
Vikt276 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication
Antal sidor202
Upplaga18001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781349709175

Tillhör följande kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Politisk aktivism inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

•Fatima El-Issawi is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Essex and Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the Middle East Centre of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She has been leading research projects on Arab media under transition in the context of the Arab Spring. She currently leads the research project “Arab National Media and Politics: Democracy Revisited” based at the Middle East Centre. Her research focuses on the media industry in the Middle East and North Africa as it intersects journalism, public communication, policy, and academia. She has over fifteen years of experience as correspondent in conflict zones in the MENA region for international media.

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.

“A useful reference tool for academics, policymakers and the media development community. The book is littered with countless specific examples of how journalism has shifted in the region over the last seven years, drawing comparisons with similar experiments in other areas such as Latin America and Eastern Europe. For this reason, it deserves to be read and referenced by media and MENA scholars as well as anyone who has an interest in the changing shape of the media and democracy.” (Aida Al-Kaisy, LSE Business Review, blogs.lse.ac.uk, October, 2017)“This book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in better understanding the complexity, hybridity, and fluidity of both the Arab Spring transitions, as well as the numerous forces and multiple influences which are both shaping, and reflecting, them continuously, such as the equally complex, hybrid, and fluid roles of Arab journalists and mainstream media actors.” (Sahar Khamis, Human Rights Centre Blog,hrcessex.wordpress.com, September, 2017)“El-Issawi’s book presents a comprehensive study of the traditional media landscape in the Arab World, outlining its role in the transition that followed the Arab Spring. It brilliantly captures the structural role of media as a major (political) actor in a period of tumultuous transition.” (Monica Ibrahim, Middle East Centre Blog, blogs.lse.ac.uk, March, 2017)