Civic discourse and digital age communications in the Middle East / edited by Leo A. Gher and Hussein Y. Amin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gher, Leo A.

Amin, Hussein Y.

Series:

Civic discourse for the third millennium

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication--Arab countries.

Intercultural communication.

Civil society--Arab countries.

Civil society.

Information superhighway.

Arab countries.

Information superhighway--Arab countries.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stamford, Conn. : Ablex Pub. Corp., [2000]

Summary:

The Middle East has been a place of conflict for a very long time. On the surface, the troubles appear to be among sovereign states, but at the heart of all disagreements lay tribal conflagrations that predate recorded time. As the 21st century begins, the best hope for conflict resolution in the Middle East may soon become a reality. Technology has always had the power to change the world, and within the next few years, mankind will be interlinked transglobally by a digital science that functions at the speed of light; is economical to use; is local, regional, and national as well as global; and is generally free of governmental bonds. This is the digital technology of the information superhighway.

Civic Discourse and Digital Age Communications in the Middle East is a collection of the best research reports and essays gathered globally by the editors over a three-year period. World-renowned experts from the Arab region as well as the West have authored most of the chapters. Seven sections divide the text, and each investigates compelling, timely questions for today's communication professionals.

Because of its focus on communications and new media, this volume in Ablex's Civic Discourse for the Third Millennium series may be used at colleges and universities worldwide. It will impact numerous academic disciplines and the professional world as well. A wide range of curricula may adopt the text as supplementary reading for courses in political science, speech and rhetoric, public relations, sociology, communications, journalism, diplomacy, and government.

Contents:

Introduction: From the Heartland of America / Leo A. Gher xiii

Introduction: From the Banks of the Nile / Hussein Y. Amin xxi

Discourse I. Diplomacy, Transnational Communications, and Mediated Discourse

1. Television and Civic Discourse in Postwar Lebanon / Marwan M. Kraidy 3

2. Why kids Want Their MTV: A Cross-Cultural Perspective / Rasha A. Abdulla 19

3. Internet Pornography: Between Constitutionality and Morality / Mohammed el-Nawawy 35

Discourse II. Western Cultural Invasion: Myth or Monster?

4. Media Images of Arabs, Muslims, and the Middle East in the United States / Yahya R. Kamalipour 55

5. Arab/Islam Phobia: The Making of the Media in the West / Issam Suleiman Mousa 71

Discourse III. Cyberspace Digital Technologies: An Overview

6. Information Technology, Democracy, and Development: An Overview / Ali A. Attiga 87

7. Arab Countries' Global Telephone Traffic Networks / James A. Danowski 93

8. Digital Communications in the Arab World Entering the 21st Century / Hussein Y. Amin, Leo A. Gher 109

9. Building Second-Language Skills for Journalism Students: Using the World Wide Web to Edit Student Stories Long Distance / Roger Gafke, Ronald Naeger 141

10. New Electric Arab Newspapers: Techniques and Distribution / Shems Friedlander 151

Discourse IV. Privatization of Media in the Middle East

11. Singing the Arab Market Economy's Notes / Jihad Fakhreddine 159

12. Telecommunications Management in the Arab World: The Case History of Arab Radio and Television / Leo A. Gher, Walid Arab Hashem 167

13. A Q Study of Reactions to Direct Broadcast Satellite Television Programming in Saudi Arabia / Safran S. al-Makaty, Douglas A. Boyd, G. Norman Van Tubergen 191

Discourse V. New Journalism: The Online Environment and Law

14. Within the Limits of the Law: Press Law 1995-Arafat's Answer to Freedom of the Press / Carolyn Crimmins 207

15. Egyptian Press Journalists' Professional Standards and the Challenge of Privatization / Yorck von Korff 219

16. Egyptian and Palestinian Press Laws: Prospects and Concerns / James J. Napoli, Carolyn Crimmins, Leonard Ray Teel 233

17. Cultural Treatment of International Events: A Content Analysis of American and Egyptian Newscasting / Mohammed el-Nawawy 245

Global Forum: Dialogues for the Next Millennium

Article 1. Culture and Communication: A Global Information Society / Abdullah Hasanat 265

Article 2. The Role of Cyber Cafes in Developing Internet Literacy in Egypt / Ahmed Mohammed el-Gody 271

Article 3. The Role of the Media in the Intercultural Dialogue in the Mediteranean / Ahmed Bedjaoui 275

Article 4. The Rise of Private Media Around the World: Picking Up Where Textbooks Stop / Craig Allen 279

Article 5. Culture and Communication in the Global Information Society / Kamel Abu Jaber 287

Article 6. Selling Oil to Arabs / Jihad Fakhreddine 291.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1567504728

1567504736

OCLC:

41580562