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This article examines recent changes in the media situation in Bulgaria, particularly in the field of television supply and consumption. It focuses on the problem of how changed social conditions have influenced the adoption of home satellite TV reception equipment. The growing pluralization of Bulgarian society and the increasing differentiation of personal information and entertainment needs are indicated as major prerequisites for the diffusion of the new communication medium. The results of an in-depth study of the motivation of early adopters are reported. An attempt at a typology of satellite television use patterns is made.

Etableringen af islamiske satellitkanaler udfordrer de arabiske staters og det religiøse etablissements patent på udlægningen af den muslimske identitet. At kanalerne alligevel synes at blive accepteret af de arabiske stater, hænger sammen med en samtidig universalisering og individualisering af islam.

This study examines the production of Palestinian satellite television in the contemporary era. The focus is on cultural and children's programs of two key stations, the Hamas-based Al Aqsa Satellite Channel (ASC) and the Fatah-based Palestine Satellite Channel (PSC). The study interrogates how factors beyond simple factional politics come to impact the creation of cultural and children's programming. Even in the polarised political environment of the Palestinian territories, the study shows through close content analysis and qualitative analysis of production, including in-depth producer interviews, that overtly factional media outlets have become 'defactionalised' in terms of content and production values. ASC and PSC producers of cultural and children's programmes are subject to the same technological, social, and economic constraints theorised by Julie D'Acci, Herbert Gans, Todd Gitlin, as other producers. However, the Palestinian context is also distinctive. Since the first and second intifada and the time of the Oslo Accords, the question of whether satellite TV can help transform the previously factional media of both Hamas and the PLO or the Palestinian Authority, is something this study seeks to investigate. Changes in audience reach and production techniques, in the evolution of Israeli occupation, and in the emergence of a new discourse of 'Palestinianism' have all impacted children's and cultural programming in various ways. The result is to temper the role of purely factional politics and propaganda with some degree of 'defactionalisation' of content and approach. Despite the factional structure of Palestinian media, this study argues that producers have striven to overcome divisions and to 'defactionalise' content and production values. ASC and PSC cultural and children's programmes have thus contributed to a renewed sense of a shared identity among Palestinian people across and territories, despite existing within a system still characterised by a politically defined segmented reality.

This study examines the production of Palestinian satellite television in the contemporary era. The focus is on cultural and children's programs of two key stations, the Hamas-based Al Aqsa Satellite Channel (ASC) and the Fatah-based Palestine Satellite Channel (PSC). The study interrogates how factors beyond simple factional politics come to impact the creation of cultural and children's programming. Even in the polarised political environment of the Palestinian territories, the study shows through close content analysis and qualitative analysis of production, including in-depth producer interviews, that overtly factional media outlets have become 'defactionalised' in

Culture comprises the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, intellectual and emotional features that characterize society, our thought about life, and our ideas. Culture has the capacity to bring about the change of attitudes needed to ensure peace and sustainable development which is known as the only possible way forward for life on planet earth; it shapes the way we see the world. Considering the prominence of Satellite television as a virtual medium, this study sought to know the influence of media imperialism and the claim that it has affected and undermined South-Eastern sociocultural norms and values. More so, this study examined the influence of satellite television stations in the south-eastern states of Nigeria, the region that is fully immersed with her culture. It specifically examined how satellite television has affected the knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by Nigerians as a member of the society. The research methodology utilizes descriptive statistics with a self-designed questionnaire used to elicit information from a sample of 180 respondents. The findings of the study revealed that the relationship between satellite television stations and sociocultural practices is high and statistically significant.

The Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979 has been rallying for supportagainst the Western World usage of modern ways in a widespread"Cultural Assault". In 1990 Satellite TV was introduced and Iranian'sgot the chance to watch Western programs but soon The IslamicRepublic of Iran declared satellite TV as a threat and prohibited itswatching in 1994. Despite government's strong opposition, Iraniancitizen's interest in satellite TV has increased over the last couple ofdecades and the use of satellite TV has become more common.Present article interprets the policies of Iran's system, especially Iran'sbroadcasting, in dealing with satellite TV while exploring its varyingposition through multiple religious regimes in Iran. It argues that thischallenge will continue to be a pressing one in the eyes of the Iraniangovernment.