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Naomi Sakr; Jeanette Steemers (eds.)

London; New York: Tauris (2017), xiii, 248 pp., bibliogr. p.227-241

ISBN 978-1-78453-505-6 (pbk); 978-1-35098-567-4 (online); 978-1-78673-093-0 (pdf)

"Children, defined internationally as under-18s, account for some 40 per cent of Arab populations and the proportion of under-fives is correspondingly large. Yet studies of children's media and child audiences in the region are as scarce as truly popular locally produced media content aimed at child... more

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Transformations in Egyptian journalism

Naomi Sakr

London; Oxford: Tauris; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2013), xviii, 109 pp., chronol. p.xi-xiii, bibliogr. p.106-108

ISBN 978-1-78076-589-1

"Egypt’s revolutionary uprising in 2011 raised important questions about the kind of journalism that would be viable in the country’s changing political dynamics. Suddenly the output of bloggers, online radio and social media news operations, which had all formed part of the groundswell of actio... more

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Women and media in the Middle East: power through self-expression

Naomi Sakr (ed.)

London; New York: Tauris (2004), viii, 248 pp., bibliogr. p.228-240, index

"Is today’s changing media landscape in the Middle East empowering women? This is the first book to address the dynamics of media ecology and women’s advancement in the contemporary Middle East. The book spans both the region and media forms, from Iran’s women’s press, via Maghrebi women fil... more

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Arab television today

Naomi Sakr

New York: Tauris (2007), x, 262 pp., bibliogr. p.239-248, index

ISBN 978-1-84511-563-0 (hbk); 978-1-84511-564-7 (pbk); 978-0-75561-007-5 (online)

"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 playe... more

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Satellite realms: transnational television, globalization and the Middle East

Naomi Sakr

London; New York: Tauris (2001), xiii, 266 pp., bibliogr. p.243-251, index

"In transcending territorial boundaries, satellite television has the potential to liberate viewers from government controls on national media. Why is this potential liberation yet to be fully realized in the Middle East? This dynamic book explores the development through the 1990s into the 21st cen... more

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Arab media moguls

Donatella Della Ratta; Naomi Sakr; Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (eds.)

London; New York: Tauris (2015), xiii, 233 pp., bibliogr. p.223-228, index

ISBN 978-1-78076-732-1 (pbk); 978-1-7845-3277-2 (hbk); 978-0-7556-0854-6 (online)

"Transformations in the Arab media landscape are a key element in the regional dynamics of political change. Where do the private owners of Arab media outlets stand on the scene? What part, if any, have they played in weakening dictatorships, countering sectarianism and political polarisation, and r... more

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Media governance: a cosmopolitan critique

Sarah Anne Ganter; Hanan Badr (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2022), xv, 318 pp., index

ISBN 978-3-031-05020-6 (ebook); 978-3-031-05022-0 (pbk)

"The book offers a critical map to navigate the field of media governance. A thread of cosmopolitan critique connects the fourteen chapters to enhance media governance literature beyond the West and regional foci. The first part addresses the epistemological and ontological flaws in the use and adap... more

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Transnational television worldwide: towards a new media order

Jean K. Chalaby (ed.)

London et al.: Tauris (2005), viii, 264 pp., tables, index

"This book is the first to offer a global perspective on the unique contemporary media phenomenon of transnational television channels. It is also the first to compare their impact in different regions of the globe. Revealing great richness and diversity across some of the world’s main geocultural... more

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Arab cultural studies: mapping the field

Tarik Sabry (ed.)

London; New York: Tauris (2012), xiv, 321 pp., index

ISBN 978-1-8488-5558-8 (pbk); 978-0-7556-1115-7 (online)