Iranian Media The Paradox of Modernity |
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| Author:
| Khiabany, Gholam |
| Series title: | Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-96289-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $259.00 |
Book Description:
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Iranian Media provides an overview of the expansion of the Iranian communication system, examining the political economy of this process and arguing that the nature of Iranian media in general and the press in particular cannot be understood simply in terms of 'Islamic ideology' or the false dichotomy of "modernity" versus "tradition."
Iranian Media provides an overview of the expansion of the Iranian communication system, examining the political economy of this process and arguing that the nature of Iranian media in general and the press in particular cannot be understood simply in terms of 'Islamic ideology' or the false dichotomy of "modernity" versus "tradition."