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The other air force : U.S. efforts to reshape Middle Eastern media since 9/11 / Matt Sienkiewicz.

Summary:

As it seeks to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world, the United States has poured millions of dollars into local television and radio programming. However, as this fascinating new book shows, the Middle Eastern media producers who rely on these funds are hardly puppets on an American string, but instead contribute their own political and artistic agendas. The Other Air Force reveals the remarkable creative output that can emerge even from the world's tensest conflict zones.

Record details

ISBN: 9780813578019
ISBN: 0813578019
ISBN: 9780813578002
ISBN: 0813578000
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: soft-psy media as U.S. strategy -- Shopping for grocers: the origins of Middle-Eastern soft-psy media -- Our men in Kabul and Bethlehem: Saad Mohseni and Raed Othman -- Kind of con men: self-interest, soft-psy media, and resistance -- Soft-psy media under cover: the question of gender -- Mediating mediations: meta-media, the Middle East, and soft-psy strategy -- Conclusion: the trajectory of soft-psy media from 9/11 to today.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.