02292cac a22002531u 4500 6701 081110t1998 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2004296089 1860642470 (hbk.) 1860642098 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocm39925608 303.48339 INF The Information Revolution and The Arab world : Its Impact on State and Society / The Emirates Center For Strategic Studies And Research. Abu Dhabi : The Emirates Center For Strategic Studies And Research, c1998. Distributer: Al-ahram xii, 236 p. ; 24 cm. "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. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol052/2004296089.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol054/2004296089.html Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol052/2004296089.html NB 303.48339174927 ddc 6701 6701 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN MAIN 1ST 2007-11-29 Purchase 0 303.48339 INF 000008278 2025-07-15 00:00:00 NB 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN MAIN 1ST 2008-11-10 Purchase 0 303.48339 INF 000006651 2025-07-15 00:00:00 BB