BROADCASTING REGULATION AND CIVIL-SOCIETY IN POSTWAR LEBANON

Providing a regulatory framework for dozens of unlicensed wartime radi o and television stations has been an arduous task for postwar Lebanes e governments. Based on Lebanese media monitoring, a review of the Leb anese press, and interviews with media people in Lebanon, this study t races the development of broadcasting in prewar Lebanon, describes war time changes, and discusses postwar broadcasting regulation in the cou ntry within the framework of civil society. Examining the factors that shaped regulation and the forces opposing it, this article calls for a more inclusive regulatory framework preserving national stability an d media freedom.