New Media and the New Middle East

Preface New Media and Prospects for Democratization; P.Seib The Arab Search for a Global Identity: Breaking Out from the Mainstream Media Cocoon; I.Saleh Arab New Media, Cross-Cultural Images, and Perceptions of the "Other"; S.Khamis U.S. Public Diplomacy and the Credibility of Al Hurra Television and Radio Sawa; M.el-Nawawy The Public Diplomacy of Al Jazeera; S.Powers & E.Gilboa The Caged Bird Sings: How Reliance on Al Jazeera TV Predicts Views Regarding Freedom of the Press in the Arab World; S.Fahmy & T.J.Johnson The New Politics of TV Talk Shows; M.Lynch Women, Blogs, and Political Power in Kuwait; S.al-Roomi Silent Citzens: Parameters and Paradigms for Alternative Arab Media; A.Iskandar & C.Atton Israel and the New Media; Y.Limor The Palestinian-Israeli Web War; C.Naveh New Palestinian Media and Democratization from Below; O.Najjar New Media and New Forms of Censorship in Arab States; A.El Gody New Media and the "New Terrorism"; M.Conway