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Reality television and Arab politics : contention in public life / Marwan M. Kraidy.
LIBRA PN1992.8.R43 K73 2010
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Annenberg Library - Reserve PN1992.8.R43 K73 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kraidy, Marwan M., 1972-
- Series:
- Communication, society, and politics
- Communication, society and politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reality television programs--Arab countries--History and criticism.
- Reality television programs.
- Reality television programs--Political aspects--Arab countries.
- Television viewers--Arab countries--Attitudes.
- Television viewers.
- Public opinion--Arab countries.
- Public opinion.
- Reality television programs--Political aspects.
- Arab countries.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Introduction: beyond al-Jazeera
- Screens of contention: the battle for Arab viewers
- Voting Islam off the island? Big brother in Bahrain
- The Saudi-Lebanese connection
- Contesting reality: Star academy and Islamic authenticity in Saudi Arabia
- Gendering reality: Kuwait in the eye of the storm
- A battle of nations: Superstar and the Lebanon-Syria media war
- The "new Middle East"? Reality television and the "independence Intifada"
- Conclusion: performing politics, taming modernity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521769198
- 0521769191
- 9780521749046
- 0521749042
- OCLC:
- 316233014
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