Reality television and Arab politics : contention in public life

Publication Data

• Title Reality television and Arab politics : contention in public life
• Author Marwan Kraidy
• Publisher Cambridge University Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Cambridge
• Language English

Contents

Introduction: beyond al-Jazeera
Screens of contention: the battle for Arab viewers
Voting Islam off the island? Big brother in Bahrain
The Saudi-Lebanese connection
Contesting reality: Star academy and Islamic authenticity in Saudi Arabia
Gendering reality: Kuwait in the eye of the storm
A battle of nations: Superstar and the Lebanon-Syria media war
The "new Middle East"? Reality television and the "independence Intifada"
Conclusion: performing politics, taming modernity.

Topics

• Reality television programs :: Arab countries :: History and criticism
• Reality television programs :: Political aspects :: Arab countries
• Television viewers :: Arab countries :: Attitudes
• Public opinion :: Arab countries

Reality television and Arab politics : contention in public life by Marwan Kraidy. ISBN 9780521749046. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.