Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.