National Broadcasting and State Policy in Arab Countries

1. Introduction: A Return to the National Perspective
Tourya Guaaybess

2. Broadcasting Transitions in the United Arab Emirates
Muhammad I. Ayish

3. Television Reform in Saudi Arabia: The Challenges of Transnationalization and Digitization
Marwan M. Kraidy

4. The Other Face of Qatari TV Broadcasting
Hugh Miles

5. Reforming Egypt’s Broadcasting in the Post-25 January Era: The Challenges of Path Dependence
Tourya Guaaybess

6. The Lebanese Broadcasting System: A Battle between Political Parallelism, Commercialization and De-facto Liberalism
Sarah El Richani

7. Syrian Television Drama: A National Industry in a Pan-Arab Mediascape
Christa Salamandra

8. ‘We Cannot Let it Loose’: Geopolitics, Security and Reform in Jordanian Broadcasting
Naomi Sakr

9. Tunisian Media under the Authoritarian Structure of Ben Ali’s Regime and After
Joan Barata

10. Liberalization of the Moroccan Broadcasting Sector: Breakthroughs and Limitations
Aârab Issiali

11. Libyan Broadcasting under al-Qadhafi: The Politics of Pseudo-Liberalization
Carola Richter

12. Algerian Public Authorities in the Face of Transnational Media Competition: Between Status Quo and Deregulation
Belkacem Mostefaoui

13. Towards a Supranational Analysis of Arab Media: The Role of Cities
Joe F. Khalil

14. Conclusion
Tourya Guaaybess

Nyckelord: Cultural and Media Studies, Asian Culture, Film History, Political Science, Media Studies, Journalism, Cultural Policy