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The Media and Social Media Debate Around the Call for the Demolition of Shiite Religious Shrines in Iraq

Beirut: Samir Kassir Foundation (2022), 18 pp.
"The report monitors the number and types of media material covering this topic and published by the monitored media platforms. It analyzes the content of the material, the way it tackles the topic, its degree of reliance on objective sources related to the story, as well as its way of addressing th ... more
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TikTok Intifada: Analyzing Social Media Activism Among Youth

Laila Abbas, S. Shahira Fahmy, Mirna Ibrahim
Online Media and Global Communication, volume 1, issue 2 (2022), pp. 287-314
"This study uses TikTok as a novel medium to extend the literature on online activism. It adds to the emergent body of knowledge about playful political participation among youth. It also explores how creative micro-videos can be a force to create momentum and shape opinions around social and politi ... more
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UNESCO's Multi-Donor Programme on Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists (MDP) Action in Jordan: 2018-2021 Quadrennial Report, Country Summaries

Paris: UNESCO (2022), 3 pp.
"Jordan was included as a beneficiary country under the MDP in 2021, responding to a request by the country’s Judicial Training Institute to strengthen the capacities of judicial operators on international standards and issues related to freedom of expression and access to information. This collab ... more
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New Voices: Aswat Jadida. Ten Years of Development in Arabic Media

Issy-les-Moulineaux: CFI (2021), 65 pp.
"This work highlights ten years of support for media development in the Arab world, telling the story through photos, eye-witness accounts, journalist profiles and personal experiences. Ten years spent alongside men and women playing an active role in civil society, committed to citizen-centred, div ... more
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The new constitution freezing the press: Freedom of expression and statutory limitations in Libya

Miral Sabry AlAshry
Cogent Arts & Humanities, volume 8, issue 1 (2021), 16 pp.
"This study examined the Libyan conflict which started in 2011 until now. In the same way, the study also focused on how Libyan journalists are fighting for media freedom, particularly in the context of the media laws in the new Constitution of 2017. Through focus group discussions were done with 40 ... more
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Mediated Lives: Waiting and Hope among Iraqi Refugees in Jordan

Mirjam Twigt
New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2021), xii, 228 pp.
"Using the example of Iraqi refugees in Jordan's capital of Amman, this book describes how information and communication technologies (ICTs) play out in the everyday experiences of urban refugees, geographically located in the Global South, and shows how interactions between online and offline space ... more
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Ethnic Journalism in the Global South

Anna Gladkova Jamil, Sadia
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2021), xiii, 319 pp.
"This book focuses on ethnic journalism in the Global South, approaching it from two angles: as a professional area and as a social mission. The book discusses journalistic practices and ethnic media in the Global South, managerial and editorial strategies of ethnic media outlets, their content spec ... more
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Muslims in the Movies: A Global Anthology

Kristian Petersen (ed.)
Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; Ilex Foundation (2021), xi, 290 pp.
"Muslims in the Movies provides a series of essays that explore the portrayal and reception of Muslims in Euro-American film, transnational productions, and global national cinemas. The volume brings together a group of internationally recognized experts to introduce Muslims in the films of Europe, ... more
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Digital Economy in Kri: A Market Study

Altai Consulting; Danish Refugee Council (DRC) (2021), 66 pp.
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How the Middle East Used Social Media in 2020

Damian Radcliffe, Hadil Abuhmaid
New Media Academy (2021), 64 pp.
"1. Social Media Users in MEA (Middle East and Africa) spend the most time on social networks, averaging over 3.5 hours per day. Internet users in the MEA have an average of 8.4 social media accounts, research reveals. UAE, with an average of 10.5 accounts, has “the highest number of social media ... more
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Beyond MAUS: The Legacy of Holocaust Comics

Ole Frahm, Hans-Joachim Hahn, Markus Streb (eds.)
Wien: Böhlau Verlag (2021), 420 pp.
"Beyond MAUS. The Legacy of Holocaust Comics collects 16 contributions that shed new light on the representation of the Holocaust. While MAUS by Art Spiegelman has changed the perspectives, other comics and series of drawings, some produced while the Holocaust happened, are often not recognised by a ... more
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Arab Media Systems
Deep Insights

Carola Richter, Claudia Kozman (eds.)
Cambridge: Open Book Publishers (2021), xliv, 345 pp.
"This volume provides a comparative analysis of media systems in the Arab world, based on criteria informed by the historical, political, social, and economic factors influencing a country's media. Reaching beyond classical western media system typologies, Arab Media Systems brings together contribu ... more
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Youth and Independent Media in Morocco: Focus Group Findings

Metn (LB): Samir Kassir Foundation (2021), 6 pp.
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Digital Civil Society: (Dis-) Connected

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2021), 52 pp.
"This publication is a collection of a variety of outlooks, recommendations, and input from the participants of the 2020 workshop [for fellows of the CrossCulture Programme (CCP) of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen] and others. On the subject of digital access, CCP alumnus Camilo Olea speaks ab ... more
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Communication Strategies of Winning Hearts and Minds: The Case of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Political Communication Campaign Post Morsi’s Downfall

Moeen Koa
Global Media and Communication, volume 17, issue 1 (2021), pp. 87-120
"This article examines how social movements attempt to repair a tarnished image and win the hearts and minds of the public. It studies the Muslim Brotherhood’s political communication campaign post-July 2013. A content analysis of a census of the Brotherhood’s communiqués issued during a 5-year ... more
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Hate Network: Hate Speech on Social Media Platforms in the Palestinian Context and its Impact on Their Digital Rights

Nijmeh Ali
Arab Center for Social Media Advancement (2021), 46 pp.
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Media Influence Matrix: Jordan. Technology, Public Sphere and Journalism

Mohammad Abu Hawash, Marius Dragomir
Budapest: Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) (2021), 28 pp.
"As for internet use, the percentage of the population with access to internet rose to 89% in 2019 from 48% in 2015. Access to a mobile phone and internet in Jordan has become a matter of choice rather than affordability or accessibility. The Syrian refugee crisis explains the overshooting in mobile ... more
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EU Support for the Jordanian Media: A Mixed Bag of Successes and Failures

Simon Mangon
Noria Research (2021)
"This piece interrogates the challenges of advancing media reform initiatives within authoritarian contexts. Based on a case study of the EU-funded Support to Media in Jordan Project—launched in the wake of the Arab Spring—it reveals how the local mediation of internationally sponsored reform ef ... more
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Media and Freedom of Expression

International Reports (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung), volume 37, issue 3 (2021), pp. 2-99
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How Social Media is Helping Bridge Divides and Support Women’s Empowerment in Libya

London: BBC Media Action (2021), 2 pp.
"El Kul is seen as an impartial, timely, relevant and trusted source of information in Libya: the vast majority of the survey respondents (over 90%) agreed or strongly agreed that El Kul is informative and provides balanced and trustworthy content. There was a 7% increase in the proportion of respon ... more