The media in Lebanon : fragmentation and conflict in the Middle East / Nabil Dajani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dajani, Nabil H., author.

Series:

Library of modern Middle East studies ; 136.

Library of Modern Middle East Studies ; 136

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Lebanon.

Mass media.

Lebanon.

Physical Description:

xiii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. 2019.

Summary:

Lebanese society is famously, and even notoriously, fragmented, along both class and sectarian lines. Here, Nabil Dajani looks at how this societal division impacts on the nature of the mass media in Lebanon. Implementing the wider theory that the structure and content of mass media is unique to the society within which it operates, he looks at how Lebanese media have often helped to sustain the sectarian divisions within Lebanese society. Dealing with newspapers, radio and television as well as new and emerging forms of communication, such as the internet, social media websites and blogs, he examines how the media both reflect societal realties as well as the ways they influence social consciousness. Beginning with an analysis of the socio-political context of modern-day Lebanon, Dajani critically examines the historical and current realities of the media in this country.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index.

ISBN:

9781780765419

178076541X

OCLC:

966741350