Joe F. Khalil & Gholam Khiabany 
The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East 

The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East

The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand the profound and complex changes shaping the 21st century. With trans-regional contributions from established and emerging scholars, this ground-breaking volume offers conceptual essays and in-depth chapters that present rich analyses grounded in historical and geopolitical contexts, as well as key theory and empirical research.

Rather than viewing the Middle East as a monolithic culture, this Handbook examines the diverse and multi-local characteristics of the region’s knowledge production, dynamic media, and rich cultures. It addresses a wide range of topics, including the evolving mainstream and alternative media, competing histories in the region, and pressing socio-economic and media debates. Additionally, the Handbook explores the impact of regional and international politics on Middle Eastern cultures and media.

Designed to serve as a foundation for the next era of research in the field, The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East is essential reading for all academics, scholars, and media practitioners. Its comprehensive scope makes it an excellent primary or supplementary textbook for undergraduate or graduate courses in global studies, media and communication, journalism, anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, and history.

Über den Autor

JOE F. KHALIL, Associate Professor of Global Media and Communication, Northwestern University, Qatar. He is the co-author of Arab Television Industries, co-editor of Culture, Time and Publics in the Arab World, and has authored numerous other scholarly articles and book chapters.

GHOLAM KHIABANY, Reader in Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK. He is the author of Iranian Media: The Paradox of Modernity and co-author of Blogistan, and Media, Democracy and Social Change. He is also co-editor of Liberalism in Neoliberal Times: Dimensions, Contradictions, Limits; and After Charlie Hebdo: Terror, Racism and Free Speech.

TOURYA GUAAYBESS is a Professor at the European University Centre at the University of Lorraine. She is the author and editor of numerous books and publications on the political economy of media and journalism in the Arab world, including The Media in Arab Countries: From Development Theories to Cooperation Policies (Wiley, 2021).

BILGE YESIL, Associate Professor of Media Culture, College of Staten Island; Doctoral Faculty of Middle Eastern Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her research interest is in global communication and media. She is the author of Video Surveillance: Power and Privacy in Everyday Life and Media in New Turkey: The Origins of an Authoritarian Neoliberal State.