{"product_id":"journalism-in-the-grey-zone-pluralism-and-media-capture-in-lebanon-and-tunisia-9781399515818","title":"Journalism in the Grey Zone: Pluralism and Media Capture in Lebanon and Tunisia","description":"\u003cp\u003eLebanon and Tunisia are two of the freest countries in the Middle East and North Africa, but elites in both countries seek to manipulate media organisations and individual journalists to shore up support for themselves and attack opponents. This book explores the political role of journalism in these hybrid settings where democratic and authoritarian practices co-exist- a growing trend all over the world. Through interviews with journalists in different positions and analyses of key events in recent years, \u003ci\u003eJournalism in the Grey Zone \u003c\/i\u003eexplains the tensions that media instrumentalisation creates in the news media and how journalists navigate conflicting pressures from powerholders and a marginalised populace. Despite 'capture' of the media by political and economic actors, journalism remains a powerful and occasionally disruptive force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKjetil Selvik is Research Professor in the research group on Peace, Conflict and Development at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. He is co-author with Stig Stenslie of \u003ci\u003eStability and Change in the Modern Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e (I.B. Tauris, 2011) and co-editor with B.O. Utvik of \u003ci\u003eOil States in the New Middle East: Uprisings and Stability\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob Høigilt is Head of Research, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, and Professor of Arabic Language and Culture at the University of Oslo. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eComics in Contemporary Arab Culture: Politics, Language and Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e (I. B. Tauris, 2019) and \u003ci\u003eIslamist Rhetoric: Language and Culture in Contemporary Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2011). He is also co-editor with Gunvor Mejdell of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Written Language in the Arab World\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453642772754,"sku":"9781399515818","price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af2950fa-2ac4-47d0-b4bb-c91c21e890a5.jpg?v=1729852734","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/journalism-in-the-grey-zone-pluralism-and-media-capture-in-lebanon-and-tunisia-9781399515818","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}