Stabilizing Authoritarianism: The Political Echo in Pan-Arab Satellite TV News Media

AlAhmad, Hussein

The book explores the close relationship between media institutions and power elites in Arab societies. This relationship exists within an unprecedented state of competition among global powers for influence and control over necessary resources and consumer markets in the Middle East. These conflicts still ravage these societies, including Palestinian society, designated as a region characterized by "organized chaos," dominated by multiple forms of increasing political instability and complex sources of internal turmoil. Taking the specificity of the Palestinian internal conflict as a case study, the book explores the interrelationships between power elites at the three levels of international, regional, and domestic politics, via the news message of satellite TV news media outlets. This book will interest scholars of the Middle East, of media and authoritarianism, and of the sociology of the Arab world.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2024-07-08

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789819737970

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-3798-7

Dimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm

Pages: 191.0