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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2018

Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank; ITU (2018), vi, 240 pp.
"In 2016, there were more than 7.3 billion mobile-cellular subscriptions worldwide. Globally, 3.5 billion people were using the Internet, of which 2.5 billion were from developing countries. Mobile-broadband subscriptions have risen constantly to reach 3.6 billion, while the number of fixed-broadban ... more
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Shooting a Revolution: Visual Media and Warfare in Syria

Donatella Della Ratta
London: Pluto Press (2018), xiv, 251 pp.
"This ethnography uses the Syrian case to reflect more broadly on how the networked age reshapes contemporary warfare and impacts on the enactment of violence through images and on images. In stark contrast to the techno-utopias celebrating digital democracy and participatory cultures, Donatella Del ... more
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Seeing history: The augmented archive

Kaya Behkalam
Weimar: Bauhaus Universität, Doctoral Thesis (2018), 190 pp.
"Ereignisse wie die ägyptische Revolution von/seit 2011 lassen sich als komplexe Medienereignisse beschreiben, in denen Medien weniger eine Dokumentationsfunktion übernehmen, sondern das Ereignis selbst zu einem wesentlichen Teil konstituieren und seinen Verlauf prägen, und die sich damit sowohl ... more
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Refugee Connectivity: A Survey of Mobile Phones, Mental Health an Privacy at a Syrian Refugee Camp in Greece

Mark Latonero, Danielle Poole, Jos Berens
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; Data & Society Research Institute (2018), 40 pp.
"The study reveals key aspects of digital connectivity in the lives of refugees at the Ritsona camp in Greece in January 2017. Of the approximately 750 residents of the camp, 135 adults were sampled and interviewed [...] Mobile phone access is 'important' to over 80% of refugees in this study. Women ... more
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This is Not an Atlas: A Global Collection of Counter-Cartographies
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kollektiv orangotango+ (ed.)
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag; Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (2018), 352 pp.
"This Is Not an Atlas gathers more than 40 counter-cartographies from all over the world. This collection shows how maps are created and transformed as a part of political struggle, for critical research or in art and education: from indigenous territories in the Amazon to the anti-eviction movement ... more
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Children’s Screen Content in an Era of Forced Migration: Facilitating Arab-European Dialogue. Prix Jeunesse International, Munich. Workshop Briefing 3: Drama, Storytelling, Empathy

Jeanette Steemers, Naomi Sakr, C. Singer
London: King's College (2018), 26 pp.
"This briefing summarises the proceedings of the third workshop in a project to stimulate dialogue between European and Arab stakeholders about European screen content for young children of Arab heritage who are living in Europe through forced migration." (Page 28)
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Fördert arabische Populärkultur die Individualisierung? Anschlussdiskurse der Fernsehnutzung bei jungen Ägyptern

Anne Grüne, Kai Hafez
In: Islam in der Moderne, Moderne im Islam: eine Festschrift für Reinhard Schulze zum 65. Geburtstag
Florian Zemmin, Johannes Stephan, Monica Corrado (eds.)
Leiden: Brill (2018), pp. 451-471
"The article revisits classical debates about the positive and negative relation of popular culture and socio-political developments with regard to the Arab world. Within the Frankfurt School and modern Cultural Studies at times contradictory approaches to the role of entertainment in political cult ... more
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Lingering doubts three years on: Safety dilemmas with the Al Jazeera case in Egypt

Andrea Baker
Australian Journalism Review, volume 40, issue 2 (2018), pp. 15-27
"The imprisonment of Al Jazeera English (AJE) journalists (Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed) in Egypt between 2013 and 2015 highlighted the safety of journalists in conflict zones. Building on other studies (Baker, 2014; 2016), this is the third paper in a longitudinal study analysing t ... more
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Communication Interventions Supporting Positive Civic Action in Lebanon

Dylan O'Driscoll
Brighton (UK): K4D; Institute of Development Studies (IDS) (2018), 24 pp.
"This rapid review synthesises data from academic, policy and NGO sources on the role media can play in creating/easing tensions between refugees and the host community, and within the host community itself. Acknowledging the importance media can play in perceptions, and considering the confessional ... more
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The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action

Robin Andersen, Robin Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.)
London: Routledge (2018), xxiv, 572 pp.
"In this moment of unprecedented humanitarian crises, the representations of global disasters are increasingly common media themes around the world. The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action explores the interconnections between media, old and new, and the humanitarian challenges that ... more
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La radio en Afrique au XXIe siècle: Mutations et enjeux

Étienne Damome (dir.)
RadioMorphoses, issue 3 (2018), pp. 2-79
"Introduite dès les années 1930 sur les terres africaines et durablement ancrée au lendemain de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, la radio s’est peu à peu adaptée à l’environnement culturel, social et politique africain. Ses évolutions successives ont suivi la courbe des mutations culturelles ... more
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Communication in International Development: Doing Good or Looking Good?
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Florencia Enghel, Jessica Noske-Turner (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xiv, 182 pp.
"International development stakeholders harness communication with two broad purposes: to do good, via communication for development and media assistance, and to communicate do-gooding, via public relations and information. This book unpacks various ways in which different efforts to do good are com ... more
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Heterogeneity in Alternative Media Spheres: Oppositional Media and the Framing of Sectarianism in the Syrian Conflict

Yazan Badran, Kevin Smets
International Journal of Communication, volume 12 (2018), pp. 4229-4247
"The 2011 uprisings in the Middle East have deeply shaken the traditional media landscape in the region. They have also reinvigorated scholarly interest in the role of the media in the region’s conflicts. Alternative media has emerged as an important avenue for investigation—in particular with r ... more
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Protests in the Information Age: Social Movements, Digital Practices and Surveillance

Lucas Melgaço, Jeffrey Monaghan (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2018), xiii, 176 pp.
"This book explores the complex and contradictory relationships between communication and information technologies and social movements by drawing on different case studies from around the world. The contributions analyse how new communication and information technologies impact the way protests are ... more
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What Role Can Drama Play in Conflict? A Radio Drama for Syria: Qualitative Research Findings

Sally Gowland
London: BBC Media Action (2018), 5 pp.
"Against the backdrop of the war in Syria BBC Media Action produced and broadcast 150 episodes of the radio drama Hay el Matar (Airport District) between 2015 and 2017. Funded by the European Commission as part of a broader project aiming to help build an open and inclusive society in Syria, the dra ... more
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The State of Humanitarian Journalism

Martin Scott, Kate Wright, Mel Bunce
Humanitarian-journalism.net; University of East Anglia (2018), 36 pp.
"Very few international news organisations routinely cover humanitarian affairs. Only 12 news outlets reported on all four of the humanitarian events we analysed in 2016. Because of the high costs of producing regular, original journalism on humanitarian issues, commercial news organisations do not ... more
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Journalisme pour la paix et résolution de conflit dans les médias, tome 1 = Peace journalism and conflict resolution in the media = Periodismo de paz y resolución de conflictos en medios

Andi Faisal Bakti, Pierre Gigùere, Yves Théorêt (eds.)
Paris: Les Editions de l'Immatériel; ORBICOM (2018), 311 pp.
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Media Use in the Middle East: A Five-Year Retrospection
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Everette E. Dennis et al.
Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar (2018), 79 pp.
"The retrospection, which covers Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates, includes the following highlights: Internet penetration has increased in every country since 2013. The biggest increase occurred in Lebanon – from 58 percent to 91 percent in the la ... more
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Media Startups in Lebanon

Ali Rammal, Tony Mikhael, Nisrine Salhab, Roula Mikhael, Hussein Sheri
Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; Maharat Foundation (2018), 30 pp.
"There are 372 online media websites registered with the National Media Council; some are non-operational, while others use very basic design and graphics. They are also similar to existing media companies in terms of adopting a traditional economic, administrative and editorial model. In fact, ther ... more
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Les médias en Afrique depuis les indépendances: Bilan, enjeux et perspectives

Ndiaga Loum, Ibrahima Sarr (dir.)
Paris: L'Harmattan (2018), 268 pp.