Copyright

Carola Richter; Claudia Kozman

Published On

2021-03-03

Page Range

pp. 323-342

Language

  • English

Print Length

19 pages

Conclusion

Chapter of: Arab Media Systems (pp. 323–342)

What do we learn from comparing the individual media systems of Arab countries? We consciously refrained from building a typology for the eighteen Arab countries that are examined in this book. Instead, we have opted for highlighting major themes that we detected when carefully reviewing the seven dimensions that each author used in the analysis of the respective countries. These themes comprise 1) The state’s approach to media, 2) Media ownership, 3) Fragmentation and polarization, 4) Technological advancement and innovation, and 5) Transnational mobility and connection. We explain how the media systems examined differ or concur with regard to these five themes.

Contributors

Carola Richter

(author)
Professor of International Communication at Freie Universität Berlin
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0061-243X

Carola Richter, Ph.D., is Professor of International Communication at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. In her research, she focuses on Arab media, foreign news coverage, media and migration, and public diplomacy. She is the co-founder of AREACORE, the Arab-European Association of Media and Communication Researchers.

Claudia Kozman

(author)
Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism and Research Director, Institute of Media Research and Training at Lebanese American University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2447-8485

Claudia Kozman, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism and the Research Director at the Institute of Media Research and Training at the Lebanese American University in Lebanon. Her research primarily focuses on news content and audience perceptions in the Arab world, in addition to comparative studies at the regional and international levels.