Al-Jazeera and other satellite television stations have
transformed Arab politics over the last decade. By shattering state
control over information and giving a platform to long-stifled
voices, these new Arab media have challenged the status quo by
encouraging open debate about Iraq, Palestine, Islamism, Arab
identity, and other vital political and social issues. These public
arguments have redefined what it means to be Arab and reshaped the
realm of political possibility. As Marc Lynch shows, the days of
monolithic Arab opinion are over. How Arab governments and the
United States engage this newly confident and influential public
sphere will profoundly shape the future of the Arab world.
Marc Lynch draws on interviews conducted in the Middle East and
analyses of Arab satellite television programs, op-ed pages, and
public opinion polls to examine the nature, evolution, and
influence of the new Arab public sphere. Lynch, who pays close
attention to what is actually being said and talked about in the
Arab world, takes the contentious issue of Iraq-which has divided
Arabs like no other issue-to show how the media revolutionized the
formation and expression of public opinion. He presents detailed
discussions of Arab arguments about sanctions and the 2003 British
and American invasion and occupation of Iraq. While Arabs strongly
disagreed about Saddam's regime, they increasingly saw the effects
of sanctions as a potent symbol of the suffering of all Arabs.
Anger and despair over these sanctions shaped Arab views of
America, their governments, and themselves.
Lynch also suggests how the United States can develop and
improve its engagement with the Arab public sphere. He argues that
the United States should move beyond treating the Arab public
sphere as either an enemy to be defeated or an object to be
manipulated via public relations. Instead of wasting vast sums of
money on a satellite television station nobody watches, the United
States should enter the public sphere as it really exists.
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