Arab Media & Society http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/ 2010-09-09T10:23:39+01:00 http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/_images/structure/bg.sidelogo.gif http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/ Arab Media & Society Maurice Chammah analyzes the thinking behind the Islam-oriented music television channel 4Shbab, noting contradictions in its vision of the interaction between Islam and the West. He looks at the audience which 4Shbab assumes already exists and the audience which it hopes to create, and discusses Western media reactions to the project. http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/?article=731 2010-03-30T00:00:00+01:00 Yasmin Moll writes on visual aspects of the phenomenon of Islamic televangelism, arguing that: “a consideration of contemporary media practices in Islam invites us to expand our definition of what the visual might be and what acts of seeing might entail.” http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/?article=732 2010-03-30T00:00:00+01:00 The financial crisis in the United Arab Emirates has tested the limits of media freedom in the country, and many of the participants, especially government and the media, have fallen short..Sam Potter describes how the local press in the UAE has handled the financial crisis and wonders how long the practice of self-censorship can continue when alternative sources of information are so readily available http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/?article=733 2010-03-30T00:00:00+01:00 Alaa Shahine reviews the state of financial reporting in the Middle East and finds that below the radar screen it has seen some rapid changes as individuals turn to investing http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/?article=734 2010-03-30T00:00:00+01:00 Alexandra Buccianti looks at the Turkish soap opera phenomenon as a successful model of hybridization and sets it against the background of Turkey's historical role in the Arab world http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/?article=735 2010-03-30T00:00:00+01:00 Assem Nasr discusses how in Lebanon, the Arab country where identity is most contested, advertisers have constructed a new cosmopolitan and sterilized identity that transcends the ideological and religious differences prevalent in the real world. http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/?article=736 2010-03-30T00:00:00+01:00 David A. Rousu argues that Iraq now qualifies as having a diverse media, despite some government ownership and occasional instances in which the authorities have used legal provisions against media organizations . http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/?article=737 2010-03-30T00:00:00+01:00 Ingrid Wassman reports on the effects the Internet, satellite television, and other cyber technologies are having on marriage, relationships, and gender interaction in Egypt’s traditionally conservative society http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/?article=738 2010-03-30T00:00:00+01:00 Leah Caldwell looks at the travails of Syrian cleric Abdul Rahman Kuki and what his trial means for what public figures in Syria can say, and what indeed they must say http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/?article=739 2010-03-30T00:00:00+01:00 Anne Hagood says that at least on the media front Iran and Saudi Arabia have been fighting a proxy war in northern Yemen, taking advantage of the Houthi rebellion to promote their political visions to the detriment of their geostrategic competitors. http://arabmediasociety.sqgd.co.uk/?article=740 2010-03-30T00:00:00+01:00