TY  - BOOK
AU  - Khiabany,Gholam
TI  - Iranian media: the paradox of modernity 
T2  - Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies
SN  - 9780415845359 (pbk.) :
AV  - PN4748.I7 K45 2013
PY  - 2013///, 2010
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Press and politics
KW  - Iran
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Government and the press
KW  - Mass media policy
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Islam
KW  - Freedom of the press
KW  - Women and journalism
KW  - Women's periodicals, Persian
KW  - Massamedia
KW  - gtt
KW  - fast
N1  - Originally published in hbk.: 2010; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Religion, state and culture: beyond Islamic exceptionalism -- Is there an Islamic communication theory? -- Iranian press: the paradox of 'modernity' -- Emerging public spheres and the limits of the press -- Press, state and civil society: illusions and realities -- Media policy under the Islamic Republic: rights, institutional interests, and control -- The politics of broadcasting: continuity and change, expansion and control -- Women's press and the gendered nature of the public sphere -- Conclusion
N2  - "The post-revolutionary state in Iran has tried to amalgamate 'Sharia with electricity' and modernity with what it considers as 'Islam'. While sympathetic to private capital, through quasi anti-capitalist politics, the state began to restrict market-relations, confiscate major assets of sections of the Iranian bourgeoisie, and nationalize major aspects of Iran's industry, including its communications system. Since the end of war with Iraq and the start of the process of 'reconstruction', market-driven development and economic policies have been key aims of the state."--Publisher's description
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