Media Practice in Iraq

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Ahmed K. Al-Rawi

   Pages 1-5

3. Iraqi Media: The Beginnings

   • Ahmed K. Al-Rawi

   Pages 6-27

4. US Propaganda Efforts to Wage a War on Iraq: The Case of Nassiriah and Babil Newspapers

   • Ahmed K. Al-Rawi

   Pages 28-37

5. The US Role in Shaping Iraq’s Post-2003 Media

   • Ahmed K. Al-Rawi

   Pages 38-61

6. The Iraqi Media after the US-Led Invasion

   • Ahmed K. Al-Rawi

   Pages 62-108

7. TV and Iraqi Elections

   • Ahmed K. Al-Rawi

   Pages 109-127

8. Iraqi TV Coverage of the 2010 General Election

   • Ahmed K. Al-Rawi

   Pages 128-158

9. Conclusion

   • Ahmed K. Al-Rawi

   Pages 159-168

10. Back Matter

    Pages 169-221

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A historical survey of the Iraqi media from its beginning up to the present day, focusing on the post-2003 media scene and the political and societal divisions that occurred in Iraq after US-led occupation. Investigates the nature of the media outlets and offers an analysis of the way Iraqi satellite channels covered the 2010 general elections.

• election
• elections
• media
• nature
• television
• war

• Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

  Ahmed K. Al-Rawi

AHMED KHALID AL-RAWI is a lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He has written over thirty research papers and book chapters published in journals such as Arab Studies Quarterly, International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, and Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History.

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