After many decades of heavily relying on local newspapers and controlled radio and TV, many Kuwaitis switched to the Internet to obtain information, news and political analysis. The political dispute of power after the death of Kuwaiti Emir Sheik Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on 15 January 2006, followed by parliament's demands to change the electoral constituencies voting system of the National Asse…
The shifting political landscape in the Middle East and North Africa have riveted the world's attention and drawn media scholars' scrutiny to the 'Arab Internet' at large. Despite this attention, research on the 'Arab Internet' has not received its due, and it is even more limited when it comes to exploring online news and journalism. Scholarly works and mainstream media commentary on the subje…