Gholam Khiabany

Iranian Media

The Paradox of Modernity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an overview of the expansion of the Iranian communication system, examining the political economy of this process and arguing that the nature of Iranian media in general and the press in particular, cannot be understood simply in terms of "Islamic ideology" or the false dichotomy of "modernity" versus "tradition."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780415845359
• ISBN-10: 0415845351
• Artikelnr.: 37085571

Autorenporträt

Gholam Khiabany teaches in the Department of Applied Social Sciences, London Metropolitan University, and is the author (with Annabelle Sreberny) of Blogestan: The Internet and Politics in Iran.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Religion, State
and Culture: Beyond Islamic Exceptionalism 2. Is there an Islamic
Communication Theory? 3. Iranian Press: The Paradox of 'Modernity' 4.
Emerging Public Spheres and the Limits of the Press 5. Press, State and
Civil Society: Illusions and Realities 6. Media Policy under the Islamic
Republic: Rights, Institutional Interests and Control 7. The Politics of
Broadcasting: Continuity and Change, Expansion and Control 8. Women's Press
and Gendered Nature of the Public Sphere. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography.
Index