The EU-funded project entitled Media and Citizenship: Transnational Television Cultures Reshaping Political Identities in Europe provides the first empirical study of viewing of Arabic language television in Europe. These seven papers report on focus groups in seven EU capitals in which Arabic speakers discuss their citizenship in the light of their media use and their adopted national cultures.
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