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1 online resource |
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Routledge studies in Middle Eastern democratization and government ; 8 |
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Routledge studies in Middle Eastern democratization and government ; 8.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of tables; Introduction; 1. Methodology; 1. Data collection and analysis; Note; Bibliography; 2. A critical assessment of the existing literature; 1. Theories of democratization; 2. Media, politics and democratization; 3. The public sphere and democratization; 4. Literature on Al Jazeera; Notes; Bibliography; 3. Democratization: The frameworks, the narratives and the Arab dilemma; 1. Inadequacies of the dominating democratization theories |
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2. The struggle for Arab democratization: forces, discourses and indigenous voices3. Political culture: why does it matter?; 4. Bringing the international factor back in; Notes; Bibliography; 4. Beyond the systemic approach: Al Jazeera reshapes the media-politics relationship; 1. Defining and contextualizing the systemic approach; 2. Rethinking the systemic approach; 3. Beyond the systemic approach: Al Jazeera, a non-systemic phenomenon; Note; Bibliography; 5. The Arab public sphere in the context of the current debate; 1. The bourgeois public sphere: social structures and political functions |
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2. The public sphere: the rise and decline of democratic politics3. Habermas's conception of the public sphere: a critical assessment; 4. After The Structural Transformation: Habermas reconceptualizes the public sphere; 5. Al Jazeera, new media and the rise of an Arab public sphere; Notes; Bibliography; 6. The new public sphere in the process of Arab democratization; 1. Al Jazeera's role in the emergence of the Arab public sphere; 2. Characteristics and defining features of the new Arab public sphere; Notes; Bibliography; 7. Liberating the media as a precondition for democracy |
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1. Changing the media landscape2. Breaking the information monopoly; 3. Giving both sides of a story; 4. Old and new media: from competition to complementarity; Notes; Bibliography; 8. Televising the Arab spring: Real-time democratization?; 1. The Arab spring: the context and the processes; 2. Framing the Arab spring: the vision and the editorial policy; 3. Covering the Arab spring countries: differences and similarities; 4. Al Jazeera's revolution?; 5. The Arab spring and the transformation of the Arab public sphere; Notes; Bibliography; Conclusion |
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1. Rethinking democratization theory and the role of the media in political change2. Al Jazeera before and after the Arab spring; 3. Al Jazeera in a new era of the Arab media; 4. Expanding away from the Arab world: the scope and significance of this move; 5. The Arab spring: the lessons we learnt; Note; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Al Jazeera and Democratization analyses the increasing role of the media in political transformations with a special emphasis on the Arab world. Taking the Al Jazeera media network as a case study, the author explains how engaging the public and providing platforms for open debate and free expression contributed to the emergence of a new vibrant Arab public sphere. The launch of Al Jazeera in 1996 was a significant event that led to subsequent changes both in Arab media and politics. Among these changes, the Arab spring is certainly the most remarkable. This unprecedented phenomenon has already |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
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Al Jazeera (Television network)
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Al Jazeera (Television network) fast |
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Television broadcasting of news -- Arab countries
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Democratization -- Arab countries
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Media & Communications.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommunications.
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Democratization
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Politics and government
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Television broadcasting of news
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Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Arab countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317518471 |
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1317518470 |
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9781317518464 |
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1317518462 |
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9781317518457 |
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1317518454 |
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