ABSTRACT

This chapter aims to review the existing literature on Hamas’s media. It will highlight the significance of the research project to the subject area by critically assessing existing articles, books and unpublished dissertations on Hamas. The chapter is divided into three sub-sections that are related directly and indirectly to the subject area. The first section covers the literature on media, including alternative media approaches and media strategy. The second section focuses on the literature on the existing media paradigms, namely the Arab and Palestinian media. The last section discusses the literature on Hamas and its media.