A waste of public diplomacy? The performance of Al-Hurra TV among Lebanon's university students

Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-114

  Dabbous, Yasmine ^a   Nasser, Khaled ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Al hurra television; Arab news stations; Lebanon; Public diplomacy; US Arab relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949115729     PISSN: 18739857     EISSN: 18739865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187398609X430633     Document Type: Article

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