Investigative Journalism in the Arab World: Issues and Challenges (Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change)

This is the first book that looks into the state and role of investigate journalism in the Arab world. It explores the vital role the media could potentially play in informing and empowering society, to assist in opening up the communicative space in a region where this has previously been taboo. Cover 1 Contents 8 List of Tables 10 Acknowledgements 11 Introduction 13 Historical account of media in the Arab world 18 Investigative journalism in the Arab world 21 Issues and challenges 22 Plan of the book 26 1 The Rise of Investigative Journalism Globally and in the Arab World 30 The historical emergence of investigative journalism 33 Experiences of Arab investigative reporting 40 2 Investigative Journalism Training 53 The process 60 Sustainability 63 Opinion and fact 65 Time delays 67 Self-censorship 68 3 Investigative Journalism Practice 72 Jordan 74 Egypt 78 Syria 82 Lebanon 87 Tunisia 91 Yemen 95 Iraq 98 Palestine 103 Bahrain 108 4 Regulatory Frameworks and Freedom of Information 114 Access to information in Arab countries 117 The Jordanian experience 118 The Yemeni experience 123 The Tunisian experience 127 5 Issues and Challenges 132 State and government control 133 Social pressure 137 Culture of journalism 144 Journalism education 149 Funding 156 6 The Way Forward 162 Investigative journalism and deliberation 163 Impact journalism 170 The future? 173 References 179 Index 186 Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-17 The Rise of Investigative Journalism Globally and in the Arab World....Pages 18-40 Investigative Journalism Training....Pages 41-59 Investigative Journalism Practice....Pages 60-101 Regulatory Frameworks and Freedom of Information....Pages 102-119 Issues and Challenges....Pages 120-149 The Way Forward....Pages 150-166 Back Matter....Pages 167-175