List of Tables. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Religion, State and Culture: Beyond Islamic Exceptionalism 2. Is there an Islamic Communication Theory? 3. Iranian Press: The Paradox of ‘Modernity’ 4. Emerging Public Spheres and the Limits of the Press 5. Press, State and Civil Society: Illusions and Realities 6. Media Policy under the Islamic Republic: Rights, Institutional Interests and Control 7. The Politics of Broadcasting: Continuity and Change, Expansion and Control 8. Women’s Press and Gendered Nature of the Public Sphere. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index
Biography
Gholam Khiabany teaches in the Department of Applied Social Sciences, London Metropolitan University, and is the author (with Annabelle Sreberny) of Blogestan: The Internet and Politics in Iran.






