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Arab mass media : newspapers, radio, and television in Arab politics / William A. Rugh.

Title
Arab mass media : newspapers, radio, and television in Arab politics / William A. Rugh.
Author
Rugh, William A.

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TextUse in library P95.82.A65 R84 2004Off-site

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Description
xvii, 259 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
"Since 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, many television viewers in the United States have become familiar with Al Jazeera as an alternative take on events from that presented by mainstream U.S. media, as well as a disseminator of anti-American invective. Westerners have tended toward simplistic views of Arab newspapers, radio, and television, assuming that they are all under government control and that freedom of press is non-existent. William A. Rugh, a long time observer of the Arab mass media, offers a more nuanced picture of the Arab press as it relates to the political situation in the Arab world today."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Mass media > Political aspects > Arab countries
  • Mass media policy > Arab countries
ISBN
0275982122 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2003062442
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries