The information revolution and the Arab world : its impact on state and society

The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research

Introduction / Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi -- The information-communications revolution and the global economy / Lester Thurow -- What makes Arabian Gulf satellite TV programs? A comparative analysis of the volume, origin, and type of program / Abdellatif Aloofy -- The contribution of public opinion research to an understanding of the information revolution and its impact in North Africa and beyond / Mark Tessler -- Mass media and the policy process / David Morgan -- Triumph of the image and its aftermath : the Gulf War as media ecology / Hamid Mowlana -- The Arab World and the information age : promises and challenges / Mustapha Masmoudi -- Telecommunications trends and policies in the United Arab Emirates and their implications for national development / Muhammad I. Ayish -- The impact of the information revolution on society and state in Jordan / Saqer Abdel-Rahim -- The age of creation and communication / Michel Saloff-Coste

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Year of publication:	1998
Institutions:	Markaz al-Imārāt li-d-Dirāsāt wa-'l-Buḥūṯ al-Istrātīǧīya (contributor)
Publisher:	London [u.a.] : distributed by British Acad. Press, an imprint of I. B. Tauris [u.a.] London : I. B. Tauris
Subject:	Wissensgesellschaft \| Knowledge society \| Informationsverbreitung \| Information dissemination \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Telekommunikationssektor \| Telecommunications industry \| Fernsehprogramm \| Television programme \| Sozialer Wandel \| Social change \| Arabische Staaten \| Arab countries \| Informationsgesellschaft \| Telekommunikation
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov]

Extent:	XII, 236 S.
Conferences:	Annual conference. Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research : 3 (Abu Dhabi) : 1997.01.04-07
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Konferenzschrift ; Conference proceedings ; Sammelwerk ; Collection of articles of several authors
Language:	English
Notes:	Papers contained in this volume were among those presented at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research Third Annual Conference entitled "The Impact of the Information and Communication Revolution on Society and State in the Arab World" held in Abu Dhabi, 4-7 January 1997 ISBN so im Buch Suwaidi, Jamal S. al-: Introduction. - S. 1-10. Thurow, Lester: The information-communications revolution and the global economy. - S. 11-35. Saloff-Coste, Michel: The age of creation and communication. - S. 176-194. : £39.50 : CIP entry (Mar.)
ISBN:	1-86064-247-0 ; 1-86064-209-8 ; 1-86064-247-0 ; 1-86064-209-8
Classification:	Vorderer und mittlerer Orient ; Telekommunikation
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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