The New Arab Journalist: Mission and Identity in a Time of Turmoil

The New Arab Journalist: Mission and Identity in a Time of Turmoil
ISBN-10
0857719122
ISBN-13
9780857719126
Category
History
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2010-12-18
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Lawrence Pintak

Description

The Arab media is in the midst of a revolution that will inform questions of war and peace in the Middle East, political and societal reform, and relations between the West and the Arab World. Drawing on the first broad cross-border survey of Arab journalists, first-person interviews with scores of reporters and editors, and his three decades' experience reporting from the Middle East, Lawrence Pintak examines how Arab journalists see themselves and their mission at this critical time in the evolution of the Arab media. He explores how, in a diverse Arab media landscape expressing myriad opinions, journalists are still under siege as governments fight a rear-guard action to manage the message. This innovative book breaks through the stereotypes about Arab journalists to reveal the fascinating and complex reality - and what it means for the rest of us.

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