National Broadcasting and State Policy in Arab Countries - by T Guaaybess (Hardcover)

About the Book

"National TV and government broadcasting policies in the Arab countries have been experiencing dramatic changes for more than a decade, but challenges remain. At a time when high hopes are raised by the revolutions in Arab countries, the present book is crucial. The real, sometimes overwhelming changes observed in the national broadcasting in many Arab countries are more likely the result of the progressive evolution of broadcasting than a sudden and brutal mutation. Senior scholars and authors of distinguished writings on medias in Arab countries provide here a state-of-the-art analysis of the situation of national television, and address the following central question: What do the Arab national broadcastings say today about public policy in this sector and about political opening? The contributors to this volume deal with the reforms of public broadcasting organizations, relationships between national, private and public actors in this sector, and finally the evolution, perspectives and issues of national broadcasting"--

Book Synopsis

A state-of-the-art analysis of the situation of national television in Arab countries, addressing what Arab national broadcastings today say about public policy and political opening. The essays deal with the reforms of public broadcasting organizations and the evolution, perspectives and issues of national broadcasting.

About the Author

AÂRAB ISSIALI Head of the ISIC (Institut Supérieur de l'Information et de la Communication) in Rabat, Morocco MUHAMMAD AYISH holds a doctoral degree in international communication and public diplomacy from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and is currently on research leave in Ottawa, Canada SARAH EL RICHANI Doctoral student researching the Lebanese media system from a comparative perspective at the University of Erfurt, Germany BELKACEM MOSTEFAOUI Professor at the Ecole nationale supérieure de journalisme et des sciences de l'information in Algeria JOE F. KHALIL Assistant Professor, Northwestern University in Qatar MARWAN M KRAIDY Professor of Global Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and the Edward Said Chair of American Studies at the American University of Beirut HUGH MILES Freelance journalist and author CAROLA RICHTER Assistant Professor for International Communication at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at Freie University of Berlin, Germany NAOMI SAKR Professor of Media Policy at the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), University of Westminster, UK CHRISTA SALAMANDRA Visiting Professor at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University, Sweden, and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Lehman College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA