Al Jazeera and Democratization : The Rise of the Arab Public Sphere (Hardcover)

Introduction 1 Methodology 2 A Critical Assessment of the Existing Literature 3 Democratization: The Frameworks, the Narratives and the Arab Dilemma 4 Beyond the Systemic Approach: Al Jazeera Reshapes the Media-Politics Relationship 5 The Arab Public Sphere in the Context of the Current Debate 6 The New Public Sphere in the Process of Arab Democratization 7 Liberating the Media as a Precondition for Democracy 8 Televising the Arab Spring: Real-time Democratization? Conclusion