Reality television and Arab politics [electronic resource] : contention in public life / Marwan M. Kraidy.
Material type: TextSeries: Communication, society, and politicsPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xvi, 252 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 791.45/6 22
- PN1992.8.R43 K73 2010eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-244 and index).
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.
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