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001 2009010065
003 DLC
005 20130220082007.0
008 090316s2010 enk b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780521769198 (hbk.)
020 $a9780521749046 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aPN1992.8.R43$bK73 2010
082 00 $a791.45/6$222
100 1 $aKraidy, Marwan M.,$d1972-
245 10 $aReality television and Arab politics :$bcontention in public life /$cMarwan M. Kraidy.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010.
300 $axvi, 252 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aCommunication, society and politics
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-244 and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 $aReality television programs$zArab countries$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aReality television programs$xPolitical aspects$zArab countries.
650 0 $aTelevision viewers$zArab countries$xAttitudes.
650 0 $aPublic opinion$zArab countries.
830 0 $aCommunication, society, and politics.