Media on the Front Lines Arab Satellite TV in Iraq and other studies in satellite broadcasting in the Arab and Islamic Worlds

Transnational Broadcasting Studies examines the hottest trends and controversies involving satellite TV in the Arab and Muslim worlds. Past issues have tackled such provocative topics as the culture wars over Arabic music videos and the democratizing effect of Arab reality TV. TBS Volume 2, Number 1, titled Satellite TV in Iraq, features articles examining the impact of television news and entertainment on Iraqi society and politics by top political scientists and media experts, as well as interviews with some of the Arab media?'s leading figures. It also features a wide range of essays on other media-related topics by such regular contributors as William Rugh, Marwan Kraidy, Marc Lynch, Hugh Miles, Yahya Kamalipour, Jon Alterman, Naomi Sakr, Tarik Sabry, Walter Armbrust, Lawrence Pintak, Hussein Amin, Kai Hafez, Charles Levinson, and S. Abdallah Schleifer.AUC Press Staff is the author of 'Media on the Front Lines Arab Satellite TV in Iraq and other studies in satellite broadcasting in the Arab and Islamic Worlds', published 2006 under ISBN 9789774160158 and ISBN 9774160150.