TY - GEN AU - Kraidy,Marwan M. TI - Reality television and Arab politics: contention in public life T2 - Communication, society and politics PY - 2010/// CY - Cambridge [U.K.] PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Arab countries KW - History and criticism KW - Political aspects KW - Attitudes KW - Reality television programs KW - Television viewers KW - Public opinion N1 - E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal; American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb31827 ER -