Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 102 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesCommunicationPolitical ScienceMass CommunicationMedia StudiesMiddle Eastern StudiesMass MediaMedia HistoryMiddle Eastern Media StudiesMiddle Eastern PoliticsNew MediaNews MediaArab MediaArab RepresentationMass Media EffectsMass Media HistoryMass Media ReceptionMediatization Of PoliticsRegional Social Change
The mass media in the Arab world has undergone profound changes during the 1990s with the introduction and spread of new technologies which go beyond the regional realm and bypass authoritarian control. This text examines whether this access is sufficient to generate political and social change.