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Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
About the contributors
1 The Changing Nature of News and the Arab World
Early developments in Arab media
The significance of the First Gulf War
The evolving news landscape in the Arab world
‘Arab’ identity and news media
Challenges to establishing an effective pan-Arab news identity
Audiences and pan-Arab news provision
Emergence of new media in the news sphere
The book
2 Evolving News Systems in the Gulf Countries
Media developments in the GCC states
The press and other news publications
The Kuwaiti press
The Qatari press
The Emirates press
The Bahraini press
The Omani press
The Saudi Arabia press
Radio broadcasting services
TV broadcasting services
National news agencies
Media challenges in the Gulf
3 News in Iraq
Early history of Iraqi media
Iraqi media after 2003
Broadcast news coverage of a political election in Iraq
Topic profiles of TV news in Iraq
Distribution of news topics
Amount of airtime devoted to news topics
Story analysis: Candidates’ coverage
News formats
Film and stills
Candidate interviews
Candidates’ attributes
Candidates’ spatial relationship
Camera angles
The Iraqi media after 2010
4 The Development of the Palestinian News Media
The Palestinian press during the Ottoman empire
The Palestinian press during the British Mandate
The Palestinian press during 1948–67
The Palestinian press during 1948–67 (Gaza under Egyptian administration)
Palestinian press during 1948–67 (The Arab press in Israel)
Palestinian media in the occupied West Bank and Gaza under Israeli occupation
The press in the Gaza strip under Israeli occupation
The Israeli regulations
The Palestinian press in the diaspora
The Palestinian Authority
The PA regulations
Self-censorship
The January 2006 elections and the victory of Hamas
The internet
Palestinian media today
5 News Consumption and News Agendas in Egypt
The development of media institutions in Egypt
Press system and political authority
Press systems before the 1952 July revolution
Press systems under Nasser’s rule (1952–70)
Press systems under Sadat’s rule (1970–81)
Press systems under Mubarak’s rule
The significance of the Egyptian newspapers among the other media
The status of Egyptian media under Military Council’s rule
The development of the Egyptian radio
The development of Egyptian TV
Broadcasting systems and political authority
New media and regime response in Egypt
6 The Changing News Landscape of Libya
Introduction
The Libyan TV news scene
Researching Libyan news consumption
Patterns of news consumption
Motives behind news consumption
Gratifications sought from specific TV news services
Differences between TV news services in the motivational profiles
Motivations for viewing specific TV news services
Credibility and news consumption
Discussion and conclusion
7 News Developments and Changes to News Consumption Patterns in the Arab World
Audiences motives and TV news consumption
Exploring news consumption in Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia
News gratifications profiles
News consumption and gratifications
Predictors of viewing of pan-Arab TV news services
Predictors of viewing Al-Jazeera
Predictors of viewing BBC Arabic
Discussion
8 News Media and Political Socialization of Young People: The Case of Bahrain
Introduction
Bahrain
Political socialization
Political socialization in Bahrain: A new study
A survey of young Bahrainis
Political interests, knowledge and involvement
Conclusion
9 What Is the Future for News in the Arab World?
Overview and summary
Conclusion
Index
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