Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prolegomenon -- Introduction -- I. Media, Modernization, and Mobilization: Theoretical Overview -- 1. Mighty Media, Big States, and Modernization: Big Identity Crises -- 2. Small Media and Revolutionary Change: A New Model -- II. The Political Economy of Media in Iran -- 3. Media and the State in Iranian History -- 4. Dependent Development and the Rise of Television -- III. The Culture and Weapons of Opposition -- 5. Oppositions: Secular and Religious -- 6. Cultural Criticism, Secular and Religious -- 7. Language, Authority, and Ideology -- 8. The "Heavy Artillery": Small Media for a Big Revolution -- IV. The Revolutionary Process -- 9. A Communication-based Narrative of the Revolution -- 10. The Islamic Republic and the Process of Islamicization -- 11. A New Cultural Atmosphere -- Conclusion: The Importance of the Iran Experience -- Notes -- Glossary of Persian and Arabic Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.