Arab TV-audiences negotiating religion and identity

Today the relations between Arab audiences and Arab media are characterised by pluralism and fragmentation. More than a thousand Arab satellite TV channels alongside other new media platforms are offering all kinds of programming. Religion has also found a vital place as a topic in mainstream media...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Galal, Ehab (Editor ), Galal, Ehab, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2015
New York : [2014]
Edición:First edition
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Sumario:Today the relations between Arab audiences and Arab media are characterised by pluralism and fragmentation. More than a thousand Arab satellite TV channels alongside other new media platforms are offering all kinds of programming. Religion has also found a vital place as a topic in mainstream media or in one of the approximately 135 religious satellite channels that broadcast guidance and entertainment with an Islamic frame of reference. How do Arab audiences make use of mediated religion in negotiations of identity and belonging? The empirical based case studies in this interdisciplinary volu
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (153 p.)
ISBN:9783653978209
9783653048353
Acceso:Open access