Television news and the state in Lebanon

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Television news and the state in Lebanon "
Jad P. Melki S. D. Moeller

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	52929
Doc. No	:	TL22883
Call number	:	‭3307827‬
Main Entry	:	Jad P. Melki
Title & Author	:	Television news and the state in Lebanon\ Jad P. Melki
College	:	University of Maryland, College Park
Date	:	2007
Degree	:	Ph.D.
student score	:	2007
Page No	:	472
Abstract	:	This dissertation studies the relationship between television news and the state in Lebanon. It utilizes and reworks New Institutionalism theory by adding aspects of Mitchell's state effect and other concepts devised from Carey and Foucault. The study starts with a macro-level analysis outlining the major cultural, economic and political factors that influenced the evolution of television news in that country. It then moves to a mezzo-level analysis of the institutional arrangements, routines and practices that dominated the news production process. Finally, it zooms in to a micro-level analysis of the final product of Lebanese broadcast news, focusing on the newscast, its rundown and scripts and the smaller elements that make up the television news story. The study concludes that the highly fragmented Lebanese society generated a similarly fragmented and deeply divided political/economic elite, which used its resources and access to the news media to solidify its status and, by doing so, recreated and confirmed the politico-sectarian divide in this country. In this vicious cycle, the institutionalized and instrumentalized television news played the role of mediator between the elites and their fragmented constituents, and simultaneously bolstered the political and economic power of the former while keeping the latter tightly held in their grip. The hard work and values of the individual journalist were systematically channeled through this powerful institutional mechanism and redirected to serve the top of the hierarchy. The journalist's background and beliefs were irrelevant to this process. Finally, the study advanced a theory on television news grounded in the empirical evidence and focusing on modern news media as the redistribution and reorganization of communication.
Subject	:	Communication and the arts; Social sciences; Arab; Lebanon; Mass media; Media; News; Politics; Television; Television news; Journalism; Political science; 0615:Political science; 0391:Journalism
Added Entry	:	S. D. Moeller
Added Entry	:	University of Maryland, College Park