Children's TV and Digital Media in the Arab World
Childhood, Screen Culture and Education
Children's TV and Digital Media in the Arab World
Childhood, Screen Culture and Education
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Description
Who analyses children's screen content and media use in Arab countries, and with what results? Children, defined internationally as under-18s, account for some 40 per cent of Arab populations and the proportion of under-fives is correspondingly large. Yet studies of children's media and child audiences in the region are as scarce as truly popular locally produced media content aimed at children. At the very time when conflict and uncertainty in key Arab countries have made local development and diversification of children's media more remote, it has become more urgent to gain a better understanding of how the next generation's identities and worldviews are formed. This interdisciplinary book is the first in English to probe both the state of Arab screen media for children and the practices of Arabic-speaking children in producing, as well as consuming, screen content. It responds to the gap in research by bringing together a holistic investigation of institutions and leading players, children's media experiences and some iconic media texts.With children's media increasingly linked to merchandising, which favours US-based global players and globalizing forces, this volume provides a timely insight into tensions between differing concepts of childhood and desirable media messages.
Table of Contents
Children's Screen Content in the Arab World: An Introduction by Jeanette Steemers and Naomi Sakr
Arab and Western Perspectives on Childhood and Children's Media by Feryal Awan and Jeanette Steemers
Forces for Change in Arab Public Policy on Media and Children by Naomi Sakr
Insight 1: The EBU as a Transfer Hub for Media Policy by Helle Strandgaard Jensen
4. Arab Animation Industries Between Business and Politics by Omar Adam Sayfo
Insight 2: Prominent Personalities and the Fortunes of Children's Media in Egypt by Seham Nasser
5. Rebranding Al-Jazeera Children's Channel: The Qatarization Factor by Naomi Sakr and Jeanette Steemers
6. A Channel for Every Child: Exploring a Parallel Arab Children's Television Universe by Tarek Atia
7. Gender Constructions in Music Video: The Curious Case of Mini Studio by Kirsten Pike and Joe Khalil
8. Domesticating the 'Other' on Children's TV: The Cartoon Figure of Bakkar by Ehab Galal
9. Representation of Language in Arab Media for Children by Atef Alshaer
Insight 3: Educational priorities and language use in Shara'a Simsim by Daoud Kuttab
10. Reading Children as Diasporic Audiences: Ethnographic Research among Young Arab Viewers in London by Tarik Sabry and Nisrine Mansour
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Mar 13 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 264 |
| ISBN | 9781784535049 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Dimensions | 0 x 0 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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