MENA Independent Media: Negotiating the Logics of Media Development Programs

Yazan Badran

doi:10.1002/9781119637134.ch17

MENA Independent Media: Negotiating the Logics of Media Development Programs

Yazan Badran

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Abstract

The political economy of post-2011 emerging independent media in the MENA region is intricately entangled with the growth in media development (or assistance) flows to the region following the Arab uprisings. This chapter will take stock of the growing literature examining these media development interventions and the complex relationships they have built with local media producers in the region. Building on recent fieldwork at the newsroom of Enab Baladi, a Syrian online publication operating from Istanbul, Turkey, it will illustrate how some of the underlying (political and institutional) logics built into such interventions are negotiated and understood from the perspective of their local interlocutors. Finally, it will also argue for the value of recentering the voices of these local media actors in current scholarship.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East
Editors	Joe F. Khalil, Gholam Khiabany, Tourya Guaaybess, Bilge Yesil
Place of Publication	Hoboken, NJ
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Chapter	17
Pages	191-204
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781119637134
ISBN (Print)	9781119637066
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119637134.ch17
Publication status	Published - 9 Jun 2023

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Name	Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Keywords

Media development
media assistance
emerging media
independent media
aid dependence
MENA
Syria
Enab Baladi

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MENA Independent Media: Negotiating the Logics of Media Development Programs. / Badran, Yazan.
The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East. ed. / Joe F. Khalil; Gholam Khiabany; Tourya Guaaybess; Bilge Yesil. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2023. p. 191-204 (Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research).

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MENA Independent Media: Negotiating the Logics of Media Development Programs

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