National Broadcasting and State Policy in Arab Countries

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: A Return to the National Perspective....Pages 1-12
Broadcasting Transitions in the United Arab Emirates....Pages 13-27
Television Reform in Saudi Arabia: The Challenges of Transnationalization and Digitization....Pages 28-41
The Other Face of Qatari TV Broadcasting....Pages 42-48
Reforming Egypt’s Broadcasting in the Post-25 January Era: The Challenges of Path Dependence....Pages 49-68
The Lebanese Broadcasting System: A Battle between Political Parallelism, Commercialization and De-facto Liberalism....Pages 69-82
Syrian Television Drama: A National Industry in a Pan-Arab Mediascape....Pages 83-95
‘We Cannot Let it Loose’: Geopolitics, Security and Reform in Jordanian Broadcasting....Pages 96-116
Tunisian Media under the Authoritarian Structure of Ben Ali’s Regime and After....Pages 117-130
Liberalization of the Moroccan Broadcasting Sector: Breakthroughs and Limitations....Pages 131-149
Libyan Broadcasting under al-Qadhafi: The Politics of Pseudo-Liberalization....Pages 150-165
Algerian Public Authorities in the Face of Transnational Media Competition: Between Status Quo and Deregulation....Pages 166-187
Towards a Supranational Analysis of Arab Media: The Role of Cities....Pages 188-208
Conclusion....Pages 209-214
Back Matter....Pages 215-221