Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-248) and index.
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Acknowledgements -- Note on Sources, Citations and Transliteration -- 1. Publicity Machine or Complex Industry? -- 2. Law and Policy on Ownership and Content -- 3. Conflicting Influences on Arab TV Journalism -- 4. Women in the Public Eye: Advancement via TV? -- 5. Facing up to Reality: Entertainment Programming Rationales -- 6. Calculations behind News, Sport and Talk TV -- 7. Business Strategies of Leading TV Firms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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There is a great deal at stake for everyone in the future of Arab television. Political and social upheavals in this central but unsettled region are increasingly played out on television screens and in the tussles over programming that take place behind them. "Al-Jazeera" is of course only one player among a still-growing throng of satellite channels, which now include private terrestrial stations in some Arab states. It is an industry urgently needing to be made sense of; this book does exactly this in a very readable and authoritative way, through exploring and explaining the evol.
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Title
Arab television today.
International Standard Book Number
1845115643
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Television broadcasting-- Arab countries.
Television broadcasting of news-- Arab countries.
Television broadcasting policy-- Arab countries.
Television programs-- Arab countries-- Plots, themes, etc.