New Media and the New Middle East

1. New Media and Prospects for Democratization
Philip Seib

2. The Arab Search for a Global Identity: Breaking out of the Mainstream Media Cocoon
Ibrahim Saleh

3. The Role of New Arab Satellite Channels in Fostering Intercultural Dialogue: Can Al Jazeera English Bridge the Gap?
Sahar Khamis

4. The Public Diplomacy of Al Jazeera
Shawn Powers, Eytan Gilboa

5. The Caged Bird Sings: How Reliance on Al Jazeera Affects Views Regarding Press Freedom in the Arab World
Shahira Fahmy, Thomas J. Johnson

6. Arab Arguments: Talk Shows and the New Arab Public Sphere
Marc Lynch

7. U.S. Public Diplomacy and the News Credibility of Radio Sawa and Television Al Hurra in the Arab World
Mohammed el-Nawawy

8. Women, Blogs, and Political Power in Kuwait
Samar al-Roomi

9. Israel and the New Media
Yehiel Limor

10. The Palestinian-Israeli Web War
Chanan Naveh

11. New Palestinian Media and Democratization from Below
Orayb Aref Najjar

12. New Media, New Audience, New Topics, and New Forms of Censorship in the Middle East
Ahmed Gody

13. Terrorism and the Making of the “New Middle East”: New Media Strategies of Hezbollah and al Qaeda
Maura Conway

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Political Communication, International Relations, Middle Eastern Politics, Media Studies, Political Science, Diplomacy