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Religious TV

In: Media Industries in the Middle East 2016
Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar; Doha Film Institute (2016), pp. 162-169
"Religious channels in the MENA region are approximately 10 percent of all free-to-air (FTA) channels from 2012 to 2014. This is a relatively high share compared to many markets outside the region, such as the U.K., where religious channels only represent one percent of FTA channels. Religious chann ... more
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Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings
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Mohamed Zayani, Suzi Mirgani (eds.)
London: Hurst (2016), xi, 254 pp.
"Bullets and Bulletins takes a sobering and holistic look at the intersections between media and politics before, during, and in the wake of the Arab uprisings. It is a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, with the research backed up by in-depth and rigorous case studies of the key countries of ... more
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Das digitale Kalifat: Die geheime Macht des Islamischen Staates

Abdel Bari Atwan
München: Beck (2016), 299 pp.
"Viele Computerspiele faszinieren durch die Verbindung von mittelalterlichem Ambiente und Hightech. Genau hier liegt für viele Jihadisten auch die Faszination des IS, der eine "mittelalterliche" Ordnung mit Hilfe des Internets aufrechterhält. Das Steuersystem orientiert sich am Koran, wird aber di ... more
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"Wir brechen gerade alle Tabus"

Jaafar Abdul Karim, Simone Schlindwein
Medium Magazin, issue 11 (2016), pp. 30-34
"Der junge Deutsch-Araber Jaafar Abdul Karim ist ein Star im arabischen Programm der Deutschen Welle. Simone Schlindwein, Afrika-Korrespondentin der taz, sprach mit ihm über Journalismus in Zeiten der Radikalisierung im In- und Ausland." (Seite 30)
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Information to Go: How Do Refugees from Syria and Iraq Find the Right Information, Before, During and After Their Journeys to Germany?

Berlin: Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT) (2016), 10 pp.
"Between November 2015 and February 2016, MICT conducted in-depth interviews and focus groups with a total of 88 Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Berlin. The central aim of the interviews was to investigate which sources of information refugees were using, before, during and after their transit, in orde ... 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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Beyond peace journalism: Reclassifying conflict narratives in the Israeli news media

Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt, Thomas Hanitzsch, Rotem Nagar
Journal of Peace Research, volume 53, issue 2 (2016), pp. 151-165
"This article presents a general framework for deconstructing and classifying conflict news narratives. This framework, based on a nuanced and contextual approach to analyzing media representations of conflict actors and events, addresses some of the weaknesses of existing classification schemes, fo ... more
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Kurdish Documentary Cinema in Turkey: The Politics and Aesthetics of Identity and Resistance

Can Candan, Suncem Kocer
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2016), xii, 269 pp.
"Documentary film is proving to be a particularly complex tool for the Kurdish social and political existence, as Kurds lack the official tools of history-writing and cultural preservation that are categorically associated with the capacities of a state. By delving into Kurdish documentary films as ... more
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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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The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research

Andreas Schwarz, Matthew W. Seeger, Claudia Auer (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2016), xix, 525 pp.
"The Handbook of International Crisis Communication Research articulates a broader understanding of crisis communication, discussing the theoretical, methodological, and practical implications of domestic and transnational crises, featuring the work of global scholars from a range of sub-disciplines ... more
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Wie Staaten schwach werden: Fragilität von Staaten als internationale Herausforderung

Kai Hirschmann
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2016), 264 pp.
"Der Zerfall von Staaten ist eine wesentliche Bedrohung für die Bürger der betroffenen Länder und für die internationale Sicherheit. Wenn ein Staat seine essenziellen Aufgaben nicht mehr erfüllen kann, versuchen andere Akteure diese Lücken zu schließen. Aber wie kommt es dazu, dass Nationalst ... more
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Social Media in the Arab World: Communication and Public Opinion in the Gulf States

Barrie Gunter, Mokhtar Elareshi, Khalid Al-Jaber (eds.)
London: Tauris (2016), xv, 258 pp.
"Following the Arab Spring, the use of social media has become instrumental in organising activist movements and spreading political dissent in the Middle East. New online behaviours have transformed traditional communication channels, enabling young people of all backgrounds to feel politically emp ... more
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Atlas des Arabischen Frühlings: Eine Weltreligion im Umbruch
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Daniel Gerlach, Moritz Behrendt, Robert Chatterjee, Laura Ginzel, Florian Guckelsberger, Vinzenz Hokema, Julia Joerin, Christian Meier (eds.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2016), 333 pp.
"Der Atlas stellt anhand von Texten, Grafiken und Illustrationen die wichtigsten Ereignisse und Protagonisten der sozialen und politischen Umbrüche in der arabischen Welt vor. Er beleuchtet speziell auch die regionalen wie globalen Auswirkungen. Dabei kommen ganz wesentlich Journalisten und Wissens ... more
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Exit and Voice in a Digital Age: Iran's Exiled Activists and the Authoritarian State

Marcus Michaelsen
Globalizations, volume 13 (2016), pp. 1-17
"This paper shows how digital communication technologies enable new and influence established tactics of state repression beyond borders. Based on interviews with Iranian activists and journalists who were forced to leave the country after the controversial elections of 2009, I analyze mechanisms an ... more
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Voices of Refugees: Information and Communication Needs of Refugees in Greece and Germany

Theodora Hannides, Nicola Bailey, Dwan Kaoukji
London: BBC Media Action (2016), 52 pp.
"This study provides a snapshot of refugees’ experiences regarding communication and information at different points on their journey. It examines the communication behaviours and priority information needs of refugees in three areas: on their journey, in “transit” camps in Greece, and in Germ ... more
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The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism

Carolyn M. Byerly (ed.)
Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, paperback ed. (2016), xxxi, 477 pp.
"Now in paperback for the first time, the Handbook is an academic adaptation of information contained in the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media, a study commissioned by the International Women's Media Foundation. The book's editor was the principal investigator of the original study. ... more
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Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age
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Ulla Carlsson (ed.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), 199 pp.
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La presse écrite: Crise ou mutations?

Sadok Hammami (coord.)
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), 135 pp.
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Preaching Islamic Renewal: Religious Authority and Media in Contemporary Egypt

Jacquelene G. Brinton
Oakland, Calif.: University of California Press (2016), xi, 261 pp.
"Preaching Islamic Renewal examines the life and work of Muhammad Mitwalli Sha‘rawi, one of Egypt's most beloved and successful Islamic preachers. His wildly popular TV program aired every Friday for years until his death in 1998. At the height of his career, it was estimated that up to 30 million ... more
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Hamas and the Media: Politics and Strategy

Wael Abdelal
London; New York: Routledge (2016), 225 pp.
"This book presents the first systematic and historical contextualisation of the development of Hamas’s media strategy. It determines three key phases in Hamas’s development and explores the complex and important relationship at work between its politics and use of media. Assessing four elements ... more