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The Hizbullah Phenomenon: Politics and Communication
New York: Oxford University Press (2014), vii, 229 pp.
Final Evaluation Report for the Project: Countering & Preventing Radicalization in Indonesian Pesantren
Search for Common Ground (2014), 75 pp.
"Overall, the evaluators found that the project’s approach was quite relevant in promoting religious freedom and preventing religious radicalization. The project targeted pesantrens affiliated to the traditional Islam Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), and at the same time, it empowered the mainstream moderate
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Salam from Pesantren: Santri’s Experience in Managing Media for Peace
Jakarta: Search for Common Ground (2014), 62 pp.
"The following stories come from ten pesantren (Islamic boarding schools) in Indonesia that participated in Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Indonesia’s project to promote peace and tolerance in pesantren across Indonesia [...] Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Indonesia implemented this two-year pro
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Arab TV-Audiences: Negotiating Religion and Identity
Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang (2014), 150 pp.
"Today the relations between Arab audiences and Arab media are characterised by pluralism and fragmentation. More than a thousand Arab satellite TV channels alongside other new media platforms are offering all kinds of programming. Religion has also found a vital place as a topic in mainstream media
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Hijabers: How Young Urban Muslim Women Redefine Themselves in Indonesia
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 4-5 (2014), pp. 377-389
"This paper analyzes the dissemination of ‘Hijaber’ style through different forms of cyber media (blogs and social network sites) in order to determine how young, computer savvy Muslim Indonesians explore their gender and religious identities while working in the ‘creative economy’ through c
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The Sacred Book
Visual Culture in the Modern Middle East: Rhetoric of the Image
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2013), xxvii, 343 pp.
"The essays explore the role and function of image making to highlight the ways in which the images "speak" and what visual languages mean for the construction of Islamic subjectivities, the distribution of power, and the formation of identity and belonging. Visual Culture in the Modern Middle East
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Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds
Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge (2013), xi, 272 pp.
"Digital Religion offers a critical and systematic survey of the study of religion and new media. It covers religious engagement with a wide range of new media forms and highlights examples of new media engagement in all five of the major world religions. From cell phones and video games to blogs an
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The History of the Book in the Muslim World
Religion and Television in Indonesia: Ethics Surrounding Dakwahtainment
Geneva: Globethics.net (2013), 109 pp.
"This monograph provides a critical overview and assessment of the new and rising phenomenon of dakwahtainment or Islamic televangelism in post-reformasi Indonesia. This phenomenon feeds on the increasing materialist, consumerist, nihilistic and voyeuristic culture of celebrity that is currently eng
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Arabischer Frühling und deutsches Islambild: Bildwandel durch ein Medienereignis?
Berlin: Frank & Timme (2013), 148 pp.
"Die Studie eines Autorenteams der Universität Erfurt geht der Frage nach, ob der "Arabische Frühling" als großes Medienereignis in der Lage war, eingefahrene journalistische Nachrichtenroutinen der deutschen Presse aufzubrechen und zu verändern. Wurde das Islambild differenziert oder wurde es l
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Islam and Islamic Teaching Online
Communication Research Trends, volume 31, issue 1 (2012), pp. 24-30
Iranian Religious Film and Inter-Religious Understanding
Exchange: Journal of Missiological and Ecumenical Research, volume 41, issue 2 (2012), pp. 165-198
"The article deals with two recent Iranian films, al-Masih (Teh Messiah) by Nader Talebzadeh and Maryam al-Muqaddasah (Holy Mary) by Shahriar Bahrani. Both movies are about religious characters shared by Islam and Christianity: Zechariah, Mary and Jesus. The article explores the way the filmmakers h
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Open and Closed Communicating Networks: Sectarian and Liberal Muslim Movements in Indonesia
Religion and Social Communication, volume 10, issue 1 (2012), pp. 19-38
Hizbullah’s Image Management Strategy
Los Angeles: Figueroa Press (2012), 57 pp.
"The Lebanese paramilitary political party Hizbullah is the leading Islamist group in the world in terms of possessing a sophisticated image management strategy. This strategy is reliant on a number of components, from media outlets and products to public displays to the use of personified politics.
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Muslims and New Media in West Africa: Pathways to God
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2012), xviii, 306 pp.
"Although Islam is not new to West Africa, new patterns of domestic economies, the promise of political liberalization, and the proliferation of new media have led to increased scrutiny of Islam in the public sphere. Dorothea E. Schulz shows how new media have created religious communities that are
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Life is Local in the Imagined Global Community: Islam and Politics in the Indonesian Blogosphere
Journal of Media and Religion, volume 11, issue 2 (2012), pp. 127-140
"The rapid expansion of the Internet, marked by a storm of blogs and social networking platforms, is perceived as an enabling instrument for Muslims to be engaged globally. In this regard, the blogosphere can be a vehicle for worldwide interactions and the formation of global Muslim community, the u
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Community Radio and Cultural Citizenship: Reflections on Radio Islam and Democratic Citizenship in South Africa
In: Community Radio in the Twenty-First Century
Oxford; Bern; Berlin et al.: Peter Lang (2012), pp. 303-320
"This chapter examines how community radio in post-apartheid South Africa is playing an important role in the cultural citizenship of ethnic minorities. Using the case study of Radio Islam, a community radio station located in Johannesburg in South Africa, it explores how the radio station provides
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