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Departments
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Letter from the Publisher
Books:
Book
Essay: " Watchdogs of War? Books on Media and 'Operation
Iraqi Freedom'" by Ralph D. Berenger
Books
in Brief
De
Beer, Arnold S. and John C. Merrill (Eds.) Global Journalism:
Topical Issues and Media Systems.
Reviewed by Ralph D. Berenger.
Nacos,
Brigitte L. (2002) Mass-Mediated Terrorism: The Central Role
of the Mass Media in Terrorism and Counterterrorism.
Reviewed by Rasha El-Ibiary.
Rampton,
Sheldon and John Stauber (2003). Weapons of Mass Deception:
The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq. London: Robinson.
Reviewed by Rasha El-Ibiary.
Rugh, William
A. (2004) Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio and Television
in Arab Politics.
Reviewed by Ralph D. Berenger.
Smalley,
Ben (ed.) (2004) Middle East Media Guide 2004 Edition.
Reviewed by Ralph D. Berenger.
Zayani,
Mohamed. Arab Satellite Television and Politics in the Middle
East.
Reviewed by Ralph D. Berenger.
Film
Reviews:
Doyen
Arabic satellite channel Al Jazeera has not only caused the
emptying of buckets of ink, real and virtual, in the print and
other media, it has been the subject of at least three recent
documentary films. TBS presents reviews of Jehane Noujaim's
Control Room, Tewfik Hakem's
Al Jazeera: Voice of Arabia, and
Lars Otten's The Media and Democracy
in the Arab World.
Satellite
Chronicles:
TBS
introduces Satellite Chronicles,
a new department providing an ongoing month-by-month record
of events in the Arab and Islamic satellite worlds, as reported
in the press.
Calendar
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Broadcasting Resources
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