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Iranian media : the paradox of modernity /

"The post-revolutionary state in Iran has tried to amalgamate 'Sharia with electricity' and modernity with what it considers as 'Islam'. While sympathetic to private capital, through quasi anti-capitalist politics, the state began to restrict market-relations, confiscate maj...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Khiabany, Gholam
Formato: Printed Book
Idioma:English
Publicado em: New York : Routledge, 2010.
Colecção:Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies ; 3.
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Acesso em linha:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2008051957-b.html
Sumário:
  • Introduction
  • Religion, state and culture: beyond Islamic exceptionalism
  • Is there an Islamic communication theory?
  • Iranian press: the paradox of 'modernity'
  • Emerging public spheres and the limits of the press
  • Press, state and civil society: illusions and realities
  • Media policy under the Islamic Republic: rights, institutional interests, and control
  • The politics of broadcasting: continuity and change, expansion and control
  • Women's press and the gendered nature of the public sphere
  • Conclusion.