Journalism in the Grey Zone - Pluralism and Media Capture in Lebanon and Tunisia

Explains the political role of journalism in Arab countries marked by pluralist and manipulated media

About the author

Kjetil Selvik is Research Professor in the research group on Peace, Conflict and Development at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. He is co-author with Stig Stenslie of Stability and Change in the Modern Middle East (I.B. Tauris, 2011) and co-editor with B.O. Utvik of Oil States in the New Middle East: Uprisings and Stability (Routledge, 2016). Jacob Høigilt is Head of Research, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, and Professor of Arabic Language and Culture at the University of Oslo. He is the author of Comics in Contemporary Arab Culture: Politics, Language and Resistance (I. B. Tauris, 2019) and Islamist Rhetoric: Language and Culture in Contemporary Egypt (Routledge, 2011). He is also co-editor with Gunvor Mejdell of The Politics of Written Language in the Arab World (Brill, 2017).

Summary

Explains the political role of journalism in Arab countries marked by pluralist and manipulated media

Product details

• Authors: Jacob H igilt, Jacob Hoigilt, Jacob Høigilt, Kjetil Selvik, Kjetil H Igilt Selvik, Kjetil Hoigilt Selvik, Selvik Kjetil
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781399515818
• ISBN: 978-1-399-51581-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education