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    <body><![CDATA[Though overly polemical at points, this is still an informative book that takes much of Said's key ideas from <em>Orientalism</em> and applies them to media coverage of the Middle East and Islam, helping to problematize the oversimplified portrayals of both.  <br/>Many of his main arguments are pretty obvio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/558716">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the title says it all - but now another book is required to continue where the late Mr Said left off - &quot;how readers/viewers' worldview built by these reportings color the rest of the coverage about the islamic world&quot; and another one &quot;how these reportings create self-image of the musli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4137257">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book that discusses how the media frames the Islamic tradition and creates authoritative voices who represent Islam on the airwaves or in print, but are not necessarily &quot;the&quot; authoritative voices.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A really good book on the media coverage of the Middle East And Islamic countries.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a must read for anyone who wants to understand the middle east in the media.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is valuable in understanding the basis of the modern American media's approach to covering complicated subject matter in the Middle East, especially Iran. Due to lazy journalism, and perhaps a more obtuse undercurrent of journalistic national patriotism, American journalists have left the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21950669">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Yang saya punya edisi bahasa indonesianya..terbitan jendela.<br/><br/>saya suka tulisan-tulisan cendekiawan Palestina ini. <br/>dengan membaca buku ini kita jadi mengetahui peranan media asing dalam membuat penilaian terhadap Islam.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Superb media criticism and discourse analysis.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Perasaan ada di perpus kantor. Perasaan saya salah ternyata. :D]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book completely changed how I look at the headlines and news stories and reveals what a multi-faceted racist conflation the word &quot;ISLAM&quot; is in the mouths of western journalists. Also revealing is how much foreign policy is based on the shitty analysis of mis informed journalists.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read it some years ago, which translated in malaysia language and published by dewan pustaka dan bahasa ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I appreciate Said as a writer and I found this book to be an insightful introduction to the topic. I am sure that there are other books that delve deeper into the topic; however, this was exactly what I was looking for.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[aku baca edisi bahasa-nya.<br/>Bahasa terjemahannya kayaknya gak oke, jadi pusing bacanya. Mungkin kalo aslinya lebih jelas kali ya..<br/>Jadi ga sampe isinya :(]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Only read sections for research but I like Said's way of writing. Would consider finishing the book if I had time.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit dated, but an important effort early on to get us to understand Orientalist media coverage of Islam.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Edward Said presents an interesting argument regarding the media's portraying of Islam.]]></body>
    
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