“Praise for the first edition: "It is difficult to imagine a more thoughtful, balanced, or comprehensive treatment of this extremely elusive and difficult subject." —Digest of Middle East Studies The second edition of a widely acclaimed volume reports on how new media—fax machines, satellite TV, and the Internet—and the new uses of older media—cassettes, pulp fiction, the cinema, the telephone, and the press—shape belief, authority, and community in the Muslim world.”

“"It is difficult to imagine a more thoughtful, balanced, or comprehensive treatment of this extremely elusive and difficult subject." —Digest of Middle East Studies "The entire volume is replete with fresh perspectives and wide-ranging analysis—with amble references—of the new media's impact on the Muslim world, a far-reaching, diverse community that Western media often sensationalize in a narrow, one-dimensional frame." —Al jadid ". . . an original and stimulating collection, which covers everything from Egyptian films to Turkish web pages, from African-American Muslim pamphlets to Bangladeshi 'Muslim' bodice-rippers. . . . This volume speaks beyond the Middle East or Islamic studies field to those interested in journalism and electronic forms of communication." —Juan R. I. Cole How are today's newest media—fax machines, satellite television, and the Internet—and new uses of older media—audio and video cassettes, cinema, pulp fiction, the telephone, and the press—reshaping belief, authority, and community in the Muslim world?”

“[T]he contributors to this collection have convincingly placed the forces of change introduced into Muslim societies by the modern media in precisely the right context-at the center of cultural developments. It is difficult to imagine a more thoughtful, balanced, or comprehensive treatment of this extremely elusive and difficult subject.Summer 2000”
 — DOMES