Mona Abdel-Fadil, University of Oslo, Norway Hayat Howayyek Atiyya, Sorbonne, France Miriyam Aouragh, University of Westminster, UK Amahl Bishara, Tufts University, USA Toufic Haddad, School for Oriental and African Studies, UK Sadok Hammami, Institute of Press and Information Sciences, Tunisia Charles Hirschkind, University of California, USA Marwan M. Kraidy, University of Pennsylvania, USA Olfa Lamloum, Université de Sciences Juridiques et Politiques, Tunisia

"This is a timely and pertinent volume with high quality papers and insider perspectives on the role of media and social media at the time of the Arab spring." - Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA "Astutely mapping the Arab media and its complex political environment over the last decade, this valuable collection adds a critical edge to recent scholarship on a vital subject. Strongly recommended." - Daya Thussu, Professor of International Communication, University of Westminster, London, UK

• List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction; Lena Jayyusi1. The Egyptian Blogosphere and the Revolution of the 25th of January; Charles Hirschkind2. The Three Phases of Facebook: Social Networks and the Public Sphere in the Arab World  - The Case of the Tunisian Revolution; Sadok Hammami3. Hezbollah Communication Policy and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Olfa Lamloum4. Martyrs and Markets: Exploring the Palestinian Visual Public Sphere; Toufic Haddad5. Revolutionary Manoeuvrings Palestinian activism between Cybercide, and Cyber Intifada; Miriyam Aouragh6. The Geopolitics of Press Freedoms in the Israeli-Palestinian Context; Amahl Bishara7. The Politics/Popular Culture Nexus in the Arab World: A Preliminary Comparison of Reality Television and Music Video; Marwan M. Kraidy8. Female Islamic Interpretations on the Air: Fatwas and Religious Guidance by Women Scholars on Arab Satellite Channels; Anne Sofie Roald9. Presence and visibility: Women in Arab satellite television, 1996-2006; Hayat Howayyek Atiyya10. The Framing of the Islam Online Crisis in Arab Media; Mona Abdel-FadilList of contributorsNote on transliterationIndex