Much has been made of the role of various media in the shaping of conflicts and political agendas in today's Arab world. This volume examines this topic with interdisciplinary contributions that range across media studies, anthroplogy, religious studies, and political science and explore both new and older media forms.

Mona Abdel-Fadil, University of Oslo, Norway Hayat Howayyek Atiyya, Sorbonne, France Miriyam Aouragh, University of Westminster, UK Amahl Bishara, Tufts University, USA Toufic Haddad, School for Oriental and African Studies, UK Sadok Hammami, Institute of Press and Information Sciences, Tunisia Charles Hirschkind, University of California, USA Marwan M. Kraidy, University of Pennsylvania, USA Olfa Lamloum, Université de Sciences Juridiques et Politiques, Tunisia

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Acknowledgements
Introduction; Lena Jayyusi
1. The Egyptian Blogosphere and the Revolution of the 25th of January; Charles Hirschkind
2. The Three Phases of Facebook: Social Networks and the Public Sphere in the Arab World - The Case of the Tunisian Revolution; Sadok Hammami
3. Hezbollah Communication Policy and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Olfa Lamloum
4. Martyrs and Markets: Exploring the Palestinian Visual Public Sphere; Toufic Haddad
5. Revolutionary Manoeuvrings Palestinian activism between Cybercide, and Cyber Intifada; Miriyam Aouragh
6. The Geopolitics of Press Freedoms in the Israeli-Palestinian Context; Amahl Bishara
7. The Politics/Popular Culture Nexus in the Arab World: A Preliminary Comparison of Reality Television and Music Video; Marwan M. Kraidy
8. Female Islamic Interpretations on the Air: Fatwas and Religious Guidance by Women Scholars on Arab Satellite Channels; Anne Sofie Roald
9. Presence and visibility: Women in Arab satellite television, 1996-2006; Hayat Howayyek Atiyya
10. The Framing of the Islam Online Crisis in Arab Media; Mona Abdel-Fadil
List of contributors
Note on transliteration
Index