Fridays of rage : Al Jazeera, the Arab Spring, and political Islam /

This book gives readers a glimpse into how Al Jazeera has strategically cast its journalists as martyrs in the struggle for Arab freedom while promoting itself as the mouthpiece and advocate of the Arab public. In addition to heralding a new era of Arab democracy, Al Jazeera has become a major influ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cherribi, Sam
Format: Printed Book
Published: London: Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Arab Spring, 2010-
Islam and politics.
Television broadcasting of news > Arab countries.
Mass media > Arab countries.
Online Access:https://books.google.co.in/books?id=YK7_DQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=9780199337385&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjD2Ju8zoviAhVKdCsKHQzfDfAQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=9780199337385&f=false
Table of Contents:
  • Al Jazeera unites
  • Al Jazeera by the numbers
  • The symbolic world of Al Jazeera
  • A tinderbox for the revolution : subjectivity and resistance
  • Gaza : a perennial Arab Spring
  • Secret mission : shining a spotlight on Tahrir square
  • Al Jazeera : global fissures and ruptures to come
  • Exile on Paradise Square
  • Bullets of truth & media martyrdom
  • Islam near and far
  • The emancipation of political Islam?
  • Postscript : out of order: Arab media & democracy in distress.

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