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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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Global Media Giants
Deep Insights

Benjamin J. Birkinbine, Rodrigo Gómez, Janet Wasko (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2017), xiii, 496 pp.
"Global Media Giants takes an in-depth look at how media corporate power works globally, regionally, and nationally, investigating the ways in which the largest and most powerful media corporations in the world wield power. Case studies examine not only some of the largest media corporations (News C ... more
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Media, Propaganda and the Politics of Intervention

Florian Zollmann
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2017), xiv, 276 pp.
"Building on critical theory, most notably Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model, Florian Zollmann's pioneering study brings propaganda back to the forefront of the debate. On the basis of a forensic examination of 1,911 newspaper articles, Zollmann investigates US, UK and German media reporting of ... more
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Media Interventions as Humanitarian Action

Shawn Powers
In: The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action
Robin Andersen, Robin Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.)
London: Routledge (2017), pp. 416-427
"This chapter aims to introduce the concept of an information intervention as an example of humanitarian action. Typically associated negatively with government efforts to incite conflict and tension, two case studies are explored-Haiti and Syria-to better understand how state-led information interv ... more
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Media, Youth and Radicalization: The Role of Media and Digital Literacy in Countering Violent Extremism

Jad Melki
Beirut: Lebanese American University (LAU), Institute of Media Research and Training (IMRT); Media and Digital Literacy Acedemy of Beirut (MDLAB) (2017), 14 pp.
"This preliminary technical report examines the relationship between media uses of Lebanese youth and their potential attraction to extremism—broadly conceived. The study focuses on school students aged 14 to 18 and their teachers. It is based on 16 focus groups distributed across the country and ... more
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Animation in the Middle East: Practice and Aesthetics from Baghdad to Casablanca

Stefanie Van de Peer (ed.)
London: Tauris (2017), xv, 318 pp.
"The internationally acclaimed films Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir only hinted at the vibrant animation culture that exists within the Middle East and North Africa. In spite of censorship, oppression and war, animation studios have thrived in recent years - in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, ... more
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Global Pop: Das Buch zur Weltmusik

Claus Leggewie (ed.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Lizenzausg. (2017), 392 pp.
"Der Begriff "Weltmusik" war in den 1980er Jahren die gängige Beschreibung für Musikstile, die aus westlicher Perspektive "exotisch" wirkten. Er stand für unterschiedlichste musikalische Traditionen, die oftmals nicht viel mehr gemein hatten, als dass sie plötzlich für den westlichen Markt inte ... more
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Benchmarking Digital Government Strategies in MENA Countries

Paris: OECD (2017), 127 pp.
"This report provides an in-depth look at how Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates are using digital technologies to achieve broader policy objectives. The report finds that significant progress has been made in improving connectivity, establishing the basic infrastr ... more
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Media in the Middle East: Activism, Politics, and Culture

Nele Lenze, Charlotte Schriwer, Zubaidah Abdul Jalil (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xxxii, 265 pp.
"This edited volume offers the first extended, cross-disciplinary exploration of the cumulative problems and increasing importance of various forms of media in the Middle East. Leading scholars with expertise in Middle Eastern studies discuss their views and perceptions of the media’s influence on ... more
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Freedom on the Net 2017: Manipulating Social Media to Undermine Democracy
Deep Insights

Sanja Kelly, Mai Truong, Adrian Shahbaz, Madeline Earp, Jessica White (eds.)
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2017), 1060 pp.
"Governments around the world have dramatically increased their efforts to manipulate information on social media over the past year. The Chinese and Russian regimes pioneered the use of surreptitious methods to distort online discussions and suppress dissent more than a decade ago, but the practice ... more
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Survey on Youth and Media in Palestine

Nader Said, Muna Amasheh
Ramallah: NET-MED Youth Project; Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD); UNESCO (2017), 23 pp.
"Seventy one percent of Palestinian youth say that they are most interested in following local news and events, 14% are most interested in following regional and international news and events, while 15% don’t follow the news at all. New media platorms are utlized the most by youth in the case of a ... more
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The Arab World Online 2017: Digital Transformations and Societal Trends in the Age of the 4th Industrial Revolution

Fadi Salem
Dubai: Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (2017), 61 pp.
"In this decade of digital transformation in the region, the Arab World stands at a critical juncture, where the internet is driving three interconnected waves of change: 1. A developmental juncture: The emergence of an online critical mass of 173 million interconnected people online today is creati ... more
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Journalists in the UAE

Elsayed Bekhit M. Darwish
Worlds of Journalism Study (2017), 5 pp.
"With regards to professional role orientations, journalists in the UAE found it most important to educate the audience, to influence public opinion, to promote tolerance and cultural diversity, to tell stories about the world, and to support government policy. Still, more than two out of five respo ... more
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A Guide to Freedom of Expression in Libya

London: Lawyers for Justice in Libya; International Media Support (IMS) (2017), 13 pp.
"The prospect of a new Libyan constitution offers an opportunity for consolidated, clear and robust legal protections for freedom of expression. However, the current Constitutional Draft contains significant legal loopholes and establishes institutions of uncertain power. The failure of the Constitu ... more
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"They Are Not Our Brothers": Hate Speech by Saudi Officials

Adam Coogle et al.
Human Rights Watch (2017), 62 pp.
"The Saudi state has permitted government-appointed religious scholars and clerics and government institutions to refer to religious minorities such as Shia in derogatory terms or demonize them in official documents and religious rulings. In addition, in recent years, government-appointed clerics ha ... more
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Open and Distance Education in Asia, Africa and the Middle East: National Perspectives in a Digital Age

Olaf Zawacki-Richter, Adnan Qayyum (eds.)
Springer (2016), viii, 140 pp.
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Offenes Ohr und starke Stimme

Sebastian Drescher
welt-sichten, issue 12 (2016), pp. 56-57
"Junge Frauen machen in Irakisch-Kurdistan ein Radioprogramm für Flüchtlinge. Tabuthemen kennen sie keine - Tratsch und Klatsch kommen auch nicht zu kurz." (Seite 56)
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Mediated Identities and New Journalism in the Arab World: Mapping the "Arab Spring"

Aziz Douai, Mohamed Ben Moussa (eds.)
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xiii, 214 pp.
"This book looks into the role played by mediated communication, particularly new and social media, in shaping various forms of struggles around power, identity and religion at a time when the Arab world is going through an unprecedented period of turmoil and upheaval. The book provides unique and m ... more
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Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World: A Decade of Change

Lena Jayyusi, Anne Sofie Roald (eds.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), viii, 327 pp.
"Much has been made of the role of various media in the shaping of conflicts and political agendas in today's Arab world. This volume examines this topic with interdisciplinary contributions that range across media studies, anthroplogy, religious studies, and political science and explore both new a ... more
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Block Her Entry, Keep Her Down and Push Her Out: Gender Discrimination and Women Journalists in the Arab World

Jad P. Melki, Sarah E. Mallat
Journalism Studies, volume 17, issue 1 (2016), pp. 57-79
"This study examines why female journalists in an Arab country continue to be marginalized. It hypothesized that a set of interrelated factors, pertaining to gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and the lack of a legally and socially enabling environment, work together to systematically discour ... more