Observing the growth of al-Jazeera over the past decade and noting the significant role of social media in the Tunisian uprising that overthrew President Ben Ali (among other developments), it's difficult to argue with Zweiri (contemporary history of the Middle East, Qatar U.) and Murphy (political economy, U. of Durham, UK) when they write, "The Arab world is in the midst of a new media revolution." Here, they present nine papers exploring the nature and impact of this revolution. Topics include differences in approaches and content in al-Jazeera's English- and Arabic-language programming; the Internet and state-society bargaining in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Saudi Arabia; comparative media vocabulary about the war in Iraq on CNN and al-Jazeera; constructions of images of the other in the media; the dynamics of new media technology use among the Coptic Christians of Egypt; the role of information communication technologies in building the Habermasian public sphere in the Arab world; and differences in media audiences in the Middle East. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less