THE PRESS IN THE ARAB MIDDLE EAST by Ami Ayalon ( 9780195087802 )

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THE PRESS IN THE ARAB MIDDLE EAST
A HISTORY

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0195087801

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9780195087802

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC

Pub. date:

1 January, 1995

Series:

Studies in Middle Eastern History

Pages:

314

Description:

Newspapers and journalism began in the Middle East in the nineteenth century and evolved during a period of accelerated change which shaped their unique political, social and cultural role. Drawing on a wealth of sources, this study for the first time explores the press as a Middle Eastern institution. It focuses on the circumstances that influences the growth of the Arab press, its own impact on local historical developments, and the long-term effects that earlypatterns of its emergence have had on later evolution.

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Newspapers and journalism began in the Middle East in the nineteenth century and evolved during a period of accelerated change which shaped their unique political, social and cultural role. Drawing on a wealth of sources, this study for the first time explores the press as a Middle Eastern institution. It focuses on the circumstances that influences the growth of the Arab press, its own impact on local historical developments, and the long-term effects that early patterns of its emergence have had on later evolution.

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