Abstract
This chapter provides a discussion of the Jordanian mediascape through highlighting the key milestones that have shaped it. This dynamic, contradictory mediascape is highly responsive to the political, economic, and social context in the country, and to advances in technologies and infrastructure. It is also extremely sensitive to, and indeed in many ways restricted by, regulatory and legal frameworks that are themselves bound to domestic, regional, and international dynamics. I make a concerted effort to link, where possible, these frameworks to the political economy of Jordanian media and I show how they have a direct impact on it, leading to concentrated ownership, poor employment practices, and real obstacles to achieving geographical parity and content diversification.
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Hirak is the name of the nebulous groups of activists who took to the streets in Jordan primarily during the 2011 and 2012 Arab Spring protests.
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Mahadeen, E. (2022). Understanding the Jordanian Mediascape: Pressure and Release. In: Women and the Media in Jordan . Gender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9344-1_2
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