COM 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Al Arabiya, Mohamed Morsi, Media Blackout
9 Jun 2020
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Chapter 11: the middle east - media in the midst of turmoil. Region has witnessed uprisings and revolutions leading to political change. In some middle eastern countries the change has been more pervasive and in others it was more than political in nature. Media systems in the middle east have been part of the change and have been credited for a large factor behind the change. Rise of social media in middle eastern countries has contributed to the promotion of political and social change. A few months before the wave of uprisings took over parts of the middle east, a study identi ed three main big bang changes that have rocked media institutions in the region in the last twenty- ve years. Introduction of cnn in 1991- era of satellite television. The launch of al jazeera in 1996. Most media outlets in the middle east are government owned and controlled.
