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Multiple Modernities and Mass Communications in Muslim Countries

Masoud Kamali

Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 3 (2012), pp. 243-268

"This article critically explores the shortcomings of the West-centric theory of singular modernity. By focusing on the modern transformation of mass communication in Muslim countries, it argues that both traditional means of mass communication, such as manbars, and modern media, such as newspapers ... more

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Media Parenting and the Construction of Media Identities in Northern Nigerian Muslim Hausa Video Films

Abdalla Uba Adamu

In: Media and Identity in Africa

Kimani Njogu, John Middleton (eds.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2010), pp. 171-184

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Médias et religions en Afrique de l'Ouest

Dakar: Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (2009), 173 pp.

Fernsehprediger, Online-Counselling und Fatwa-Hotlines: Zur Medialisierung des Islam

Carola Richter

In: Religion und Massenmedien

Maud E. Sieprath (ed.)

Berlin: Weißensee-Verlag (2009), pp. 99-128

"Der Mainstream-Islam, der sich heute im arabischen Fernsehen und Internet präsentiert, hat [...] eine besondere Charakteristik: er hat eine moralische Botschaft, ist aber nicht vordergründig politisch und wird damit geduldet von den autoritären Regimes, die in populär-religiösen Formaten zumei ... more

Les médias en Méditerranée: Nouveaux médias, monde arabe et relations internationales

Khadija Mohsen-Finan (dir.)

Paris: Actes Sud; MMSH; Barzach (2009), 398 pp.

"Depuis les années 1990, la généralisation des télévisions satellitaires et l’avènement d’Internet ont bouleversé le paysage médiatique et contribué à une modification profonde du rapport entre les populations et l’information. Désormais acteurs politiques à part entière, les méd ... more

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Understanding Alternative Media

Olga Guedes Bailey, Bart Cammaerts, Nico Carpentier

Maidenhead: Open University Press (2008), 196 pp.

Nollywood: The Video Phenomenon in Nigeria

Pierre Barrot (ed.)

Oxford; Ibadan; Bloomington: James Currey Publishers; HEBN Publishers; Indiana University Press (2008), xii, 147 pp.

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Media Consumption and Everyday Life in Asia

Youna Kim (ed.)

New York; London: Routledge (2008), 238 pp.

"This book explores people's everyday experience of the media in Asian countries in confrontation with huge social change and transition and the need to understand this phenomenon as it intersects with the media. It argues for the centrality of the media to Asian transformations in the era of global ... more

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Arab Media: Power and Weakness
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Kai Hafez (ed.)

New York; London: Continuum (2008), ix, 277 pp.

"Arab Media: Power and Weakness is comprised of research synopses (comprehensive overviews over the current academic literature and “blind spots” of research in one of the above mentioned fields); original empirical research; and theoretical papers. The result is a comprehensive handbook of up-t ... more

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Evoking Moral Community, Fragmenting Muslim Discourse: Sermon Audio-Recordings and the Reconfiguration of Public Debate in Mali

Dorothea E. Schulz

Journal for Islamic Studies, volume 27 (2007), pp. 39-72

"The article explores the processes that have allowed Islam to gain great appeal as a community-building idiom in Mali since the introduction of multiparty democracy in 1991. Drawing on the mediatic performances of the charismatic preacher Sharif Haidara, the article analyzes how new media technolog ... more

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Media Pluralism in Asia: The Role and Impact of Alternative Media
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Kalinga Seneviratne (ed.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC); Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2007), vi, 273 pp.

"This book is the result of a research project covering eight countries in South and South East Asia examining the role and impact of alternative media. The definition of alternative media depends very much on the political, social, cultural and economic environment you live in. Thus, this book give ... more

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Reflections in a Bloodshoot Lens: America, Islam and the War of Ideas

Lawrence Pintak

London: Pluto Press (2006), xviii, 374 pp.

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Islam and the Media

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 3, issue 2 (2006), 125 pp.

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Muslims and the News Media

Elizabeth Poole, John E. Richardson (eds.)

London: Tauris (2006), xv, 257 pp.

"Written by both leading academic authorities and by Muslim media practitioners, 'Muslims and the Media' is designed as a comprehensive and critical textbook and is set in both the British and international contexts. The book clearly establishes the links between context, content, production and aud ... more

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Promises of (im)mediate Salvation: Islam, Broadcast Media, and the Remaking of Religious Experience in Mali

Dorothea E. Schulz

American Ethnologist, volume 33, issue 2 (2006), pp. 210-229

"In this article, I take the highly successful Muslim preacher Cherif Haidara in Mali as a starting point to explore the conditions that, throughout the contemporary Muslim world, facilitate the rise to prominence of new types of religious leaders, who, by virtue of their media performances and in t ... more

Indigenous Language Media in Africa

Abiodun Salawu (ed.)

Lagos: Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) (2006), xii, 398 pp.

"A collection of 22 papers on the indigenous language press (and other media) in Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, primarily devoted to the activities of African language newspapers and periodicals. Some papers examine the significant and pioneering role religious publications ... more

The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics

Charles Hirschkind

New York: Columbia University Press (2006), xiii, 270 pp.

"An essential aspect of what is now called the Islamic Revival, the cassette sermon has become omnipresent in most Middle Eastern cities, punctuating the daily routines of many men and women. Hirschkind shows how sermon tapes have provided one of the means by which Islamic ethical traditions have be ... more

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