This research first traces the development of television in the State of Kuwait and the transformation it went through during and after the Gulf War. Then the author discusses the results of a survey done among a sample of Kuwaiti adults in late 1994. Data are pre sented showing television viewing amounts, program preferences, as well as the credibility of television compared to other mass media.
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