TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kraidy,Marwan M.
TI  - Reality television and Arab politics: contention in public life 
T2  - Communication, society and politics
SN  - 9780521769198
AV  - PN1992 K89 R 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Reality television programs
KW  - Arab countries
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Television viewers
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Public opinion
N1  - Introduction: beyond al-Jazeera -- Screens of contention: the battle for Arab viewers -- Voting Islam off the island? Big brother in Bahrain -- The Saudi-Lebanese connection -- Contesting reality: Star academy and Islamic authenticity in Saudi Arabia -- Gendering reality: Kuwait in the eye of the storm -- A battle of nations: Superstar and the Lebanon-Syria media war -- The "new Middle East"? Reality television and the "independence Intifada" -- Conclusion: performing politics, taming modernity; HKBU library; YT2025 M08
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