| Contents |
New media and prospects for democratization / Philip Seib -- The Arab search for a global identity: breaking out from the mainstream media cocoon / Ibrahim Saleh -- The role of new Arab satellite channels in fostering intercultural dialogue: can Al Jazeera international bridge the gap? / Sahar Khamis -- The public diplomacy of Al Jazeera / Shawn Powers and Eytan Gilboa -- The caged bird sings: reliance on Al Jazeera as a predictor of views regarding press freedom in the Arab world / Shahira Fahmy and Thomas J. Johnson -- Arab arguments: talk shows and the new Arab public sphere / Marc Lynch -- U.S. public diplomacy and the credibility of Al Hurra television and radio / Sawa-Mohammed el-Nawawy -- Women, blogs, and political power in Kuwait / Samar al-Roomi -- Israel and the new media / Yehiel Limor -- The Palestinian-Israeli web war / Chanan Naveh -- New Palestinian media and democratization from below / Orayb Aref Najjar -- New media, new audience, new topics, and new forms of censorship in the Middle East / Ahmed el Gody -- Terrorism and the making of the "new Middle East": new media strategies of Hizbollah and Al Qaeda / Maura Conway. |
