Defining the Nation? Lebanese Television and Political Elites, 1990-2005
Berlin: Frank & Timme (2009), 346 + xxvi pp.
Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/99559340x/04
Series: Medien und politische Kommunikation - Naher Osten und islamische Welt, 19
ISBN 978-3-86596-242-3
Other editions: Universität Erfurt, Doctoral Thesis 2007
Signature commbox: 326:40-Politics 2009
"Katharina Nötzold explores whether and how mass media can contribute to nation-building after civil war. Drawing on the example of Lebanon s audiovisual media organisations, which are mostly privately owned by politicians, she demonstrates how political elites use television to transmit their visions of post-war society. Lebanon's nation-building process from 1990 to 2005 was characterized by Syrian dominance over political life. From an extensive content analysis of Lebanese news and interviews with analysts, journalists and managers from all Lebanese TV stations, it emerges that political information on television focused more on divisive experiences than cohesive ones. This has underpinned continued sectarianism in Lebanon, in the media as in society at large, and has impeded nation-building." (Publisher description)
1 A theoretical overview: state- abd nation-building, 21
2 Lebanon's nation-building efforts, 41
3 Using media for advancing national development, 71
4 Preliminary results and prospects for the case study, 111
5 Methods and methodology, 115
6 Lebanon's audiovisual media system: contested space after civil war, 123
7 LEBANESE TELEVISION STATIONS
Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International, 135
Murr TV: A case study of closing down a TV station, 155
Future TV, 170
Al-Manar: The station of Arabs and Muslims, 192
National Broadcasting Network, also known as Nabih Berri Network (NBN), 212
New TV, the self-proclaimed "station of the opposition", 228
Télé Liban: national broadcaster? 240
8 Content Analysis, 251
9 Lebanese TV staff as part of media organizations, 313
10 Final assessments and outlook, 331
2 Lebanon's nation-building efforts, 41
3 Using media for advancing national development, 71
4 Preliminary results and prospects for the case study, 111
5 Methods and methodology, 115
6 Lebanon's audiovisual media system: contested space after civil war, 123
7 LEBANESE TELEVISION STATIONS
Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International, 135
Murr TV: A case study of closing down a TV station, 155
Future TV, 170
Al-Manar: The station of Arabs and Muslims, 192
National Broadcasting Network, also known as Nabih Berri Network (NBN), 212
New TV, the self-proclaimed "station of the opposition", 228
Télé Liban: national broadcaster? 240
8 Content Analysis, 251
9 Lebanese TV staff as part of media organizations, 313
10 Final assessments and outlook, 331
