Reality television and Arab politics : contention in public life / / Marwan M. Kraidy.
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| Superior document: | Communication, society, and politics |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Communication, society, and politics.
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 252 p. |
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Table of 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.