ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK ON ARAB MEDIA
This handbook provides the first comprehensive reference book in English about the development of mass and social media in all Arab countries. Capturing the historical as well as current developments in the media scene, this collection maps the role of media in social and political movements.
Contributors include specialists in the field from North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Each chapter provides an overview of the history, regulatory frameworks and laws governing the press, and socio-political functions of the media. While the geopolitical complexities of the region have been reflected in the expert analyses collectively, the focus is always the local context of each member state. All 38 chapters consider the specific historical, political, and media trajectories in each country, to provide a contextual background and foundation for further study about single states or comparative analysis in two or more Arab states.
Capturing significant technological developments and the widespread use of social media, this all-inclusive volume on Arab media is a key resource for students and scholars interested in journalism, media, and Middle East studies.
Noureddine Miladi is Professor of Media and Communication at Qatar University, Qatar. He is former head of department of mass communication and president of the Arab Media & Communication Network (AMCN). He is editor of JAMMR, the first Arab-refereed journal in Arab media and society.
Noha Mellor is Professor of Media at the University of Bedfordshire, UK, and Adjunct Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden. She is the author of several books about Arab media and journalism.
ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK ON ARAB MEDIA
Edited by
Noureddine Miladi and Noha Mellor
First published 2021
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Names: Miladi, Noureddine, editor. | Mellor, Noha, 1969 editor.
Title: Routledge handbook on Arab media / edited by Noureddine Miladi and Noha Mellor.
Description: London ; New York : Routledge, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020027207 (print) | LCCN 2020027208 (ebook) | ISBN 9781138385481 (hardback) | ISBN 9780429427084 (ebook) | ISBN 9780429762925 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9780429762918 (epub) | ISBN 9780429762901 (mobi)
Subjects: LCSH: Mass mediaArab countries. | Social mediaArab countries.
Classification: LCC P92.A65 R68 2020 (print) | LCC P92.A65 (ebook) | DDC 302.230917/4927dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020027207
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ISBN: 978-1-138-38548-1 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-429-42708-4 (ebk)
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CONTENTS
Noha Mellor and Noureddine Miladi
Saida Kheira Benammar
Belkacem Amin Benamra
Magdalena Karolak
Elsayed Abdelwahed Elkilany
Joel W. Abdelmoez
Nermeen Kassem
Haider al-Safi
Ibrahim Al-Marashi
Ahmed Al-Rawi
Ebtihal Mahadeen
Christina Zacharia Hawatmeh
Fahed Al-Sumait, Ali A. Dashti, and Ildiko Kaposi
Sarah El-Richani
Natalie Khazaal
Mokhtar Elareshi
Mohammed Al-Sheikh
Bouziane Zaid, Abdelmalek El Kadoussi, and Mohammed Ibahrine
Sam Cherribi, Akshatha Achar, Drew Siegal, and Patrick Harris
Aziz Douai and Mohamed Ben Moussa
Abdullah K. Al-Kindi
Ibrahim Natil and Bahjat Abuzanouna
Nahed Eltantawy
Khalid Al-Jaber
Noureddine Miladi
Noha Mellor
Andrew Hammond
Deborah L. Wheeler
Ismail Sheikh Yusuf Ahmed
Ismail Sheikh Yusuf Ahmed
Mohamed Elamin Musa
Awad Ibrahim Awad
Noha Mellor
Nour Halabi and Noha Mellor
Mongi Mabrouki
Noureddine Miladi
Moez Ben Messaoud
Najat AlSaied
Noha Mellor
Guide
Joel W. Abdelmoez is a researcher working on Arab media, gender politics, and feminist activism in the Middle East, with focus on Egypt and Saudi Arabia. He is a former adjunct lecturer and director of studies for Middle Eastern languages and cultures at Stockholm University, as well as chairman of the Swedish MENA association and co-founder of MENAtidningen.se. He holds a BA and MA in Middle Eastern studies from Stockholm University and an MPhil in multidisciplinary gender studies from the University of Cambridge.
Bahjat Abuzanouna is an independent media researcher. He earned his PhD from University of Westminster. Prior to obtaining his PhD, he worked in many places, including Palestinian News Agency (WAFA), Reuters, and others. He worked as Assistant Professor in Faculty of Media at Al-Aqsa University. His research focuses on Palestinian media, media and conflict, media and democracy, and media ethics. He has participated in a number of academic conferences and researches related to media and politics. His doctoral research was subsequently transformed into Enhancing Democratic Communication? Television and Partisan Politics in Palestine (2012).
Akshatha Achar is a 2019 graduate of Emory University, where she pursued a double major in international studies, with a focus on the Middle East and Africa. During the course of her studies at the Emory College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, she was initiated into Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society. She was appointed as a Junto Fellow in the Franklin Fellows Program for Democracy and Citizenship.
Ismail Sheikh Yusuf Ahmed obtained his MA and PhD in mass communication from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). At IIUM, he won the Best Doctoral Student award. He is currently affiliated with the Mass Communication Department, Qatar University (QU). He has published scores of refereed articles and authored book chapters and encyclopedia entries. His research interest areas include new media, media history, political communication, news consumption, and media effects.
