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The Role of Media in Public Advocacy and Countering Violent Extremism

Nadia Sraieb-Koepp
In: The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action
Robin Andersen, Robin Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.)
London: Routledge (2017), pp. 261-267
"Nadia Sraieb-Koepp shares her experiences designing participatory media campaigns and visual strategies that helped facilitate the democratic transition in Tunisia in 2011. She offers her thoughts about the need for inclusive social media strategies designed to counter recruitment messages targetin ... more
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Évaluation du projet EBTICAR du 10 octobre 2017

CFI (2017), 11 pp.
"EBTICAR (E-booster for technical and Innovative Contents in the Arab region, ou « innovation » en langue arabe) a cherché à améliorer l'information fiable et diversifiée dans le débat démocratique en renforçant la capacité et la crédibilité des acteurs des médias en ligne de la Médite ... more
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Holocaust memory in a globalizing world

Jacob S. Eder, Philipp Gassert, Alan E. Steinweis (eds.)
Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag (2017), 278 pp.
"Remembering the Holocaust is a central part of historical awareness and political culture in reunified Germany, Israel, and the United States. But can the same be said for other parts of the world? How have societies that were not affected by occupation and extermination measures under the Nazi reg ... more
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Female Journalists in Syria ... Reality and Challenges

Syrian Journalists Association (2017), 22 pp.
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Reporting the Middle East: The Practice of News in the Twenty-First Century
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Zahera Harb (ed.)
London; New York: Tauris (2017), xii, 226 pp.
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Children's TV and Digital Media in the Arab World: Childhood, Screen Culture and Education
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Naomi Sakr, Jeanette Steemers (eds.)
London; New York: Tauris (2017), xiii, 248 pp.
"Children, defined internationally as under-18s, account for some 40 per cent of Arab populations and the proportion of under-fives is correspondingly large. Yet studies of children's media and child audiences in the region are as scarce as truly popular locally produced media content aimed at child ... more
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Media Policy in Times of Transition: Tunisia's Bumpy Road to Democracy

Carola Richter
Publizistik, volume 62, issue 3 (2017), pp. 325-337
"Media freedom is still a fragile compromise in Tunisia and institutions and their rules are not as sustainable as one might wish for. The success of the transition process ultimately depends on the commitment of all elites to devote themselves to holding on to democracy. As could be observed in sev ... more
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The Red Lines Stay Red: Morocco's Reforms of its Speech Laws

New York: Human Rights Watch (2017), 44 pp.
"Morocco’s 2015 Press Code eliminates prison as a punishment for speech offenses. This, on its face, represents progress for freedom of expression in a country where journalists and ordinary citizens have been locked up for “insulting” the king, questioning Morocco’s claim over Western Sahar ... more
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Disability and Social Media: Global Perspectives
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Katie Ellis, Mike Kent (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2017), xxii, 340 pp.
"Social media is becoming an increasingly important part of our lives yet the impact on people with disabilities has gone largely unscrutinised. Similarly, while social media and disability are often both observed through a focus on the Western, developed and English-speaking world, different global ... more
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Defending Journalism: How National Mechanisms Can Protect Journalists and Address the Issue of Impunity. A Comparative Analysis of Practices in Seven Countries
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Elisabeth Witchel, Esben Q. Harboe (eds.)
International Media Support (IMS) (2017), 250 pp.
"The research documents how, despite immense ongoing challenges, in Afghanistan, Iraq, Nepal and Pakistan, some important advances have been made to develop joint structures and innovative approaches to defend the practice of journalism. It examines the long road Colombia has followed in the establi ... more
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Culture and Crisis Communication: Transboundary Cases from Nonwestern Perspectives

Amiso M. George, Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo (eds.)
New York: Wiley (2017), xxix, 376 pp.
"Culture and Crisis Communication presents an examination of how politics, culture, religion, and other social issues affect crisis communication and management in nonwestern countries. From intense human tragedy to the follies of the rich, the chapters examine how companies, organizations, news out ... more
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The Psychological Wellbeing of Iranian Journalists

Anthony Feinstein, Bennis Pavisian
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Ulla Carlsson, Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 185-190
"Objectives: To determine the emotional wellbeing of journalists who work in Iran. Methods: A website was established and journalists in newsrooms in Iran and the Diaspora were given information to access the site. Responses were received from 114 journalists (76 per per cent cent). The mean age was ... more
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La (re-)professionnalisation du journalisme tunisien dans la période transitionnelle: Le rôle des acteurs extranationaux

Olivier Koch
In: La circulation des productions culturelles: cinémas, informations et séries télévisées dans les mondes arabes et musulmans
Dominique Marchetti (dir.)
Rabat: Centre Jacques-Berque (2017), ?? pp.
"La nature de l’enseignement et l’évaluation de la pertinence du choix des formateurs sont également sujettes à caution. En effet, 54,3 % des participants estiment que les contenus dispensés ne sont pas adaptés au contexte national. D’une certaine manière, ceci est confirmé par les form ... more
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Improving Data on Missing Migrants

Frank Laczko, Ann Singleton, Julia Black (eds.)
Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2017), xiv, 117 pp.
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Photojournalism and Citizen Journalism: Co-Operation, Collaboration and Connectivity

Stuart Allan (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2017), xiv, 341 pp.
"If everyone with a smartphone can be a citizen photojournalist, who needs professional photojournalism? This rather flippant question cuts to the heart of a set of pressing issues, where an array of impassioned voices may be heard in vigorous debate. While some of these voices are confidently predi ... more
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Model Course on Safety of Journalists: A Guide for Journalism Teachers in the Arab States

Michael Foley, Clare Arthurs, Magda Abu-Fadil
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 172 pp.
"Safety of Journalists: A Model Course for the Arab States is a significant instalment in our UNESCO Series on Journalism Education. Developed in partnership with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the publication responds to the difficult situation of many journalists working in the ... more
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Media Development in Syria: The Janus-Faced Nature of Foreign Aid Assistance

Billie Jeanne Brownlee
Third World Quarterly, volume 38, issue 10 (2017), pp. 2276-2294
"This article intends to provide responses to some of the many unanswered questions about the making and the transformation of the uprising in Syria by exploring a new avenue of research: media development aid. Most academic interest has been oriented towards the role that the new media played at th ... more
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How Does the Media on Both Sides of the Mediterranean Report on Migration? A Study by Journalists, for Journalists and Policy-Makers
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Vienna et al.: International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD); Ethical Journalism Network (EJN); European Union (2017), 120 pp.
"Journalists from 17 countries, mostly around the Mediterranean, have examined the quality of media coverage within their respective national contexts. They highlight examples of good work marked by careful, sensitive and humanitarian reporting and also expose the shortcomings as well as the darker ... more
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Global Perspectives on Intercultural Communication

Stephen M. Croucher (ed.)
New York; London: Routledge (2017), vii, 376 pp.
"What is intercultural communication? How does perspective shape a person’s definition of the key tenets of the term and the field? These are the core questions explored by this accessible global introduction to intercultural communication. Each chapter explores the topic from a different geograph ... more
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Beyond the Stereotypes? Images of Boys and Girls, and Their Consequences
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Dafna Lemish, Maya Götz (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom; International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (2017), 254 pp.