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Country Case Study: Syria. Support to Media Where Media Freedoms and Rights Are Constrained

Maha Taki
London: BBC Media Action (2012), 20 pp.
Examining the media of one of the world’s most censored societies, this report finds that the Syrian media is under increasing threat but identifies growing use of new media to circumvent old restrictions.
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Landraub: Reisen ins Reich des neuen Kolonialismus

Stefano Liberti
Alexander Knaak (transl.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), 254 pp.
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Syria’s Cyber Wars

Amjad Baiazy
Open Society Foundation (2012), 25 pp.
"The government in Syria came to differentiate between political dissent and the civil society activism in which the new generation plays a vital role thanks to the use of social media. Unable to control the burst of online activity, Damascus was forced to focus on monitoring key dissenters and huma ... more
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The Tunisian diaspora: Between “digital riots” and web activism

Teresa Graziano
Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 21 pp.
"This article deals with the increasing connections among the Tunisian diaspora and its homeland provided by a widespread use of the social Web. The main aim is to evaluate to what extent the Tunisian diaspora has contributed to a wider diffusion of cyberactivism concerning legitimate claims for dem ... more
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Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media: Framework of Indicators to Gauge Sensitivity in Media Operations and Content

Paris: UNESCO (2012), 183 pp.
"The gender-sensitive indicators for media (GSIM) is a non-prescriptive set of indicators, designed particularly for media of all forms. However it bears much relevance and usefulness to citizens' media groups advocating for gender equality, other non-governmental organizations, media associations, ... more
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Media Research and Satellite Cultures: Comparative Research Among Arab Communities in Europe

Christina Slade, Ingrid Volkmer
In: The Handbook of Global Media Research
Ingrid Volkmer (ed.)
Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), pp. 397-410
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The Global Journalist in the 21st Century

David H. Weaver, Lars Willnat (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2012), 584 pp.
"The Global Journalist in the 21st Century systematically assesses the demographics, education, socialization, professional attitudes and working conditions of journalists in various countries around the world. This book updates the original Global Journalist (1998) volume with new data, adding more ... more
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Les cinémas du Maghreb et leurs publics

Patricia Caillé, Florence Martin (eds.)
Paris: L'Harmattan (2012), 344 pp.
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Arab Women in Arab News: Old Stereotypes and New Media

Amal Al-Malki, David Kaufer, Suguru Ishizaki, Kira Dreher
Doha: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (2012), xxvi, 466 pp.
"There is a vast scholarly literature tracing western stereotypes of Arab women from medieval times to the present. From 1800, the dominant western stereotype of Arab women depicts them as passive and oppressed. Thirty years of social science media research in the west has shown that media images of ... more
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Global Television Formats: Understanding Television Across Borders

Tasha Oren, Sharon Shahaf (eds.)
New York; London: Routledge (2012), xii, 392 pp.
"For decades, television scholars have viewed global television through the lens of cultural imperialism, focusing primarily on programs produced by US and UK markets and exported to foreign markets. Global Television Formats revolutionizes television studies by de-provincializing its approach to me ... more
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The Media Landscape in 28 Countries: Results from a UIS Pilot Survey

Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012), 84 pp.
"This paper presents the results of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) pilot survey on media statistics conducted in 28 countries in 2011. The survey instruments were designed to provide an initial set of quantitative indicators identified by UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators project. G ... more
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Al Jazeera English: Global News in a Changing World

Philip Seib (ed.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), 204 pp.
"For Al Jazeera English (AJE), the Arab revolutions of 2011 offered an opportunity that news executives dream about. It was the biggest story of the century, it was happening on home territory, and the channel had the expertise and the reportorial staff on the ground at levels its competitors could ... more
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Support to Media Where Media Freedoms and Rights Are Constrained: What Works and Why? Global Synthesis Report

Mary Myers
London: BBC Media Action (2012), 32 pp.
"This report addresses the challenges of supporting independent media in countries where media freedoms are restricted, based on country case studies in Bangladesh, Cambodia, South Sudan, Syria and Uganda. According to Myers, the dilemmas of foreign support include short-term donor strategies, the l ... more
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Revolution 2.0? Die Bedeutung digitaler Medien für politische Mobilisierung und Protest

Jan Hanrat, Claus Leggewie
In: Globale Trends 2013: Frieden, Entwicklung, Umwelt
Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden (ed.)
Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag (2012), pp. 157-172
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Women and the Web: Bridging the Internet Gap and Creating New Global Opportunities in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Yana Watson Kakar, Vicky Hausman, Andria Thomas, Chris Denny-Brown
Santa Clara, Calif.; New York: Intel; Dalberg Global Development Advisors (2012), 100 pp.
"This report [is] the first compilation of the global data on how women in developing countries access and use the Internet. I am convinced this report provides key insights for policy makers, the development community and industry. Based on interviews and surveys of 2,200 women in developing countr ... more
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Censorship in Lebanon: Law and Practice

Nizar Saghieh, Rana Saghieh, Nayla Geagea
Beirut: Marsad al-Raqaba The Censorship Observatory;Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2012), 149 pp.
"This study aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of censorship in Lebanon which will hopefully allow the many local artistic and cultural actors the opportunity to lobby for the most appropriate legislative amendments to the current censorship regulations which are currently not conducive to t ... more
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Digitale Herausforderung: Internationale Beziehungen in Zeiten / Web 2.0

Erik Bettermann, Ronald Grätz (eds.)
Göttingen: Steidl; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2012), 188 pp.
"Der arabische Frühling war nicht nur der Beginn eines gesellschaftlichen und politischen Umwälzungsprozesses in Nordafrika, sondern auch der Startpunkt einer neuen außenpolitischen Ära im Zeichen / Web 2.0. Auch wenn die Bedeutung der Mobiltelefone und sozialen Medien, mit der die Oppositionell ... more
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Changing Focus: Exploring Images of Women and Empowerment in Egypt

Kristina Hallez
IDS Bulletin (Institute of Development Studies), volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 104-109
"In moving away from prescriptive one-way communications exercises, participatory development communications use better strategies to engage communities and capture nuance. This article examines a communications case study in Egypt: a photography competition aimed at understanding how local photogra ... more
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Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives

Des Freedman, Daya Kishan Thussu (eds.)
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2012), xiii, 322 pp.
"Media and Terrorism brings together leading scholars to explore how the world's media have influenced, and in turn, been influenced by terrorism and the war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11. Accessible and user-friendly with lively and current case studies, it is a perfect student text and is an ... more
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Is the Phone Mightier than the Sword? Cell Phones and Insurgent Violence in Iraq

Jacob N. Shapiro, Nils B. Weidmann
International Organization, volume 69, issue 2 (2012), pp. 247-274
"Does improved communication as provided by modern cell phone technology affect the production of violence during insurgencies? Theoretical predictions are ambiguous, introducing cell phones can enhance insurgent communications but can also make it easier for the population to share information with ... more