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

Publication Info.	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates : Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 1998.
	New York, N.Y. : Distributed by British Academic Press.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 236 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
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Note	"The papers contained in this volume were among those presented at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) 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"--Jacket.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-229) and index.
Contents	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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Subject	Telecommunication -- Social aspects -- Arab countries -- Congresses.
	Telecommunication -- Social aspects.
	Arab countries.
	Telecommunication -- Political aspects -- Arab countries -- Congresses.
	Telecommunication -- Political aspects.
	Telecommunication policy -- Arab countries -- Congresses.
	Telecommunication.
	Information technology -- Arab countries -- Congresses.
	Information technology.
	Telecommunication policy.
	71.43 technology and society.
	Informatiemaatschappij.
	Information technology -- Arab countries.
	Communication policy -- Arab countries.
	Telecommunication -- Social aspects -- Arab countries.
	Telecommunication -- Political aspects -- Arab countries.
Genre/Form	Conference papers and proceedings.
	Electronic books.
	Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author	Markaz al-Imārāt lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Buḥūth al-Istirātījīyah.
Other Form:	Print version: Information revolution and the Arab world. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates : Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 1998 1860642470 (DLC) 2004296089 (OCoLC)39925608
ISBN	9789948003922 (electronic book)
	9948003926 (electronic book)
	1860642470
	9781860642470
	1860642098
	9781860642098

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