Examines the way local, national and cross-national Arab audiences engage with different news sources and how the rapidly expanding news markets have changed news consumption.

Includes index.

The changing nature of news in the Arab world / Barrie Gunter and Roger Dickinson -- Evolving news systems in the Gulf countries / Khalid Aljaber and Barrie Gunter -- News in Iraq / Ahmed Al-Rawi and Barrie Gunter -- The development of the Palestinian news media / Zaki Nussibeh and Roger Dickinson -- News consumption and news agendas in Egypt / Hamza Mohammed and Barrie Gunter -- The changing news landscape of Libya / Mokhtar Elareshi and Julian Matthews -- News developments and changes to news consumption patterns in the Arab world / Khalid Al-Jaber and Barrie Gunter -- News media and political socialization of young people: The case of Bahrain / Ebrahim Al-Shaikh and Vincent Campbell -- What is the future for news in the Arab world? / Roger Dickinson and Barrie Gunter.