News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries

This book provides a much-needed empirically grounded update on the state of the news media in the Arab world at a time of continuous social and political flux. In detailing the rapid changes, and in some cases, the radical re-configuration, of the Arab news media industry, this book refocuses attention to the potential of the news media as a ‘fourth estate’ – or an alternative source of political opinion and debate. The book is a valuable resource for scholars and journalists working on the Arab world and its media. — Dina Matar, Director, Centre for Media and Film Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

Gunter and Dickinson’s book is a refreshingly objective reading of the Media in the Arab countries it discusses. It presents the contemporary state of the media and deepens the reader’s understanding with excellent historical, social and political backgrounds. This book is an outstanding example of the great scholarship that results from the collaboration of scholars from the West and the East. — Dr. Gaby Semaan, Media and Communication Specialist, Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, US

If you want a quick run down on media history of the region, this book will provide it for you. — Julia Duin, University of Alaska ― Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

Roger Dickinson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester. His research interests include the sociology of journalists and journalism, the study of media audiences and the media and health. His most recent work on journalists and journalism has appeared in Cultural Sociology, Journalism and The Routledge Companion to Journalism Studies (edited by Stuart Allan).