Egyptian TV in the grip of government: Politics before profit in a fluid pan-Arab market

Television and Public Policy: Change and Continuity in an Era of Global Liberalization

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 265-281

  Sakr, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917275530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203877289     Document Type: Chapter

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