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Arab Television in Academic Scholarship
Article first published online: 20 AUG 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2008.00155.x
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Tawil-Souri, H. (2008), Arab Television in Academic Scholarship. Sociology Compass, 2: 1400–1415. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2008.00155.x
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- Issue published online: 20 SEP 2008
- Article first published online: 20 AUG 2008
- Sociology Compass 2/5 (2008): 1400–1415, 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2008.00155.x
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Abstract
Over the past 10 years, there has been an exponential increase in satellite television in the Arab world, with programming ranging from music videos to news, from reality TV programs to Islamic talk shows. Concurrent with this development has been the growth of academic scholarship on understanding the relationship between Arab television and social and political transformations in the Middle East. This article provides an overview of Arab television growth, especially that of pan-Arab satellite channels such as Al-Jazeera, and of scholarship about it. Academic work that focuses on theories of media globalization and the public sphere, and that is in conversation with Western journalism and global media studies, is highlighted.