Iranian Media - The Paradox of Modernity

Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext The post-revolutionary state in Iran has tried to amalgamate 'Sharia with electricity' and modernity with what it considers as 'Islam'. While sympathetic to private capital, through quasi anti-capitalist politics, the state began to restrict market-relations, confiscate major assets of sections of the Iranian bourgeoisie, and nationalize major aspects of Iran's industry, including its communications system. Since the end of war with Iraq and the start of the process of 'reconstruction', market-driven development and economic policies have been key aims of the state. Zusammenfassung 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." Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Gholam Khiabany, Gholam (London Metropolitan University Khiabany, Khiabany Gholam
• Assisted by: Daya Thussu (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.08.2009
• EAN: 9780415962896
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96289-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies; Routledge Advances in Internat; Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; History, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Middle East, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt