THE ROLE OF TELEVISION IN BAHRAIN: ANALYSIS OF PROGRAMMING AND POLICY FORMULATION FOR MASS CULTURE.

• Author(s): AFAF EL-GEMAYEL HAMOD,
• Publisher: University of MICHIGAN
• Pages: 299
• Language: en

Description:... Despite the government of Bahrain's zealous efforts to bring about overall development, there seems to be a lack of exploitation of government-owned, well developed and widely available television in the service of national development. The following questions were examined: (1) To what extent do Bahrain Television (BTV) programs cater to the divergent needs of the national audience? (2) To what extent is BTV used to promote national development or to strengthen national integration? (3) What role does