Arab media in the information age / The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research.

Papers from the 10th ECSSR Annual Conference on Arab Media in the Information Age, held in Abu Dhabi, from January 9-11, 2005, organized by the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research.

Introduction: Arab media in the information age: an overview. -- The Gulf media and global developments / H.H. Sheikh Moahmmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum -- The Arab media: challenges and responses l H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan -- New trends and forces in the Arab media arena / Mohammed Al-Sayed Saeed -- The impact of commercial interests on Arab media content / Naomi Sakr -- Satellite media and social change in the Arab world / Khaled Al-Hroub -- Contribution of Arab media to creating social change and developing civil society in the Arab world / Musa Shteiwi -- Impact of media on education: reality and ambitions / Ali Mohammed Fakhro -- The media as a component of national culture / Daoud Al-Shiryan -- The role of media: between education and entertainment / Ali Q. Al-Shuaibi -- Satellite channels and the entertainment debate / Abdel Rahman Al-Rashed -- The impact of the electronic media on Arab socio-political development / Mohammed Al-Jassem -- Empowering the Arab Media through the Internet / Ahmad Abdel Karim Julfar -- Enriching the Arabic content on the Internet / Fahd Al-Othman -- Symptoms of alienation: how the Arab and American media view each other / Hussein Ibish -- Washington vs. Al Jazeera: competing constructions of Middle East Realities / Michael C. Hudson The role of political influence in the US Media / James J. Zogby -- The US media approach: Right-Wing campaign against the UN and the Oil-for-Food Program / Jihad B. Al-Khazen -- The role of the Arab media in shaping the Western perspective of Arabs / Jean AbiNader -- Communicating with the Arab and Islamic world: US public diplomacy and German diplomacy of dialogue / Mohammed Ibahrine -- The new Anti-Semitism: Hollywood's reel Bad Arabs: impacting public opinion and policy / Jack G. Shaheen -- Credibility of news channels: competing for viewers / Waddah Khanfar -- Impact of global news channels on international relations / Greg Dyke -- Media credibility in war: the phenomenon of embedded reporters / Richard Caplan --The US military and the media: war coverage and credibility / Robert Hodierne -- The impact of occupation on media freedom: The cases of Afghanistan and Iraq / Abdel Wahab Badrakhan -- The Iraqi Press after liberation: problems and prospects for developing a free press / Hussein Sinjari -- The Independence of the Arab Media / Edmond Saab -- The Arab Press and various sources of repression / Hazem Saghiya -- New challenges for the state's influence on the media / Abdullah Al-Olayan -- The imminent collapse of the controlled media / Abdullah Rasheed -- Arab governments and intervention in the media / Ahmad Abdel Aziz Al-Jarallah.

Includes abbreviations and acronyms, bibliographical references (pages 611-687), and index.