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Community Sector Dynamics and the Lebanese Diaspora: Internal Fragmentation and Transnationalism on the Web

Houda Asal
Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 19 pp.
"The author analyzes the presence of Lebanese organizations on the Web and shows the transnational links between associations from different countries, starting from a case study including France and Canada. The nature and density of these connections are partly attributable to the importance of lin ... more
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Arab Media Outlook 2011-2015: Arab Media Exposure and Transition. Forecasts and Analysis of Traditional and Digital Media in the Arab World

Dubai: Dubai Press Club, 4th ed. (2012), 247 pp.
"The Arab Media Outlook is the most comprehensive publication on the Arab Media Industry and represents one of the key knowledge development initiatives of the Dubai Press Club. The report serves as a reference point of the media industry in the region highlighting media trends across 17 markets and ... more
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Blogistan: Politik und Internet im Iran

Annabelle Sreberny, Gholam Khiabany
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb); (2012), 285 pp.
"Die Protestwelle nach der umstrittenen Präsidentschaftswahl im Iran vom Juni 2009 lenkte die Aufmerksamkeit der Weltöffentlichkeit auf die lebendige Internetkultur der Islamischen Republik. Das Internet, heißt es, befördert den gesellschaftlichen Wandel in Ländern wie dem Iran, doch inwiefern ... more
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Media-Conflict-Migration: The Conflict Potential of the Media Coverage Regarding Migration from the Countries of the Arab Spring to Europe

Daniele Saracino
Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2012), 25 pp.
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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
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New Projects Submitted to the IPDC. Part 4: Arab Region and Europe

International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)
Paris: UNESCO (2012), 85 pp.
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Digital Media in the Arab World: One Year After the Revolutions

Jeffrey Ghannam
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2012), 31 pp.
"Following the revolutions, the battle for the Arab blogosphere has turned from being a competition over accessing the Internet and circumventing government controls to a cyberwar for the predominant narrative through Facebook, Twitter, and traditional media [...] Social media is reinvigorating trad ... more
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Global Survey on Internet Privacy and Freedom of Expression

Andrew Puddephatt, Toby Mendel, Ben Wagner, Dixie Hawtin, Natalia Torres
Paris: UNESCO (2012), 142 pp.
"This publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances. The publication maps out the issues in the current regulatory landscape of Internet privacy from the viewpoint ... more
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New Approaches to the Analysis of Jihadism: Online and Offline

Rüdiger Lohlker (ed.)
Göttingen: V & R Unipress, Vienna University Press (2012), 224 pp.
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Étude sur le développement des médias en Tunisie: Basée sur les indicateurs de développement des médias de l’UNESCO

Steve Buckley, Sawsen Chaabi, Bechir Ouarda
Paris: UNESCO (2012), 118 pp.
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Iraq’s Information Crimes Law: Badly Written Provisions and Draconian Punishments Violate Due Process and Free Speech

New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (2012), 15 pp.
"Iraq’s parliament is in the process of enacting an “Information Crimes Law” to regulate the use of information networks, computers, and other electronic devices and systems. The draft law includes vague provisions that would allow Iraqi authorities to deter legitimate criticisms of or peacefu ... more
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Newspaper Coverage of the 2011 Protests in Egypt

Nawaf Abdulnabi AlMaskati
International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 4 (2012), pp. 342-366
"This study analyses the coverage of the 2011 Egyptian protests provided by Al Ahram (Egypt), Arab News (Saudi Arabia), China Daily (China), Guardian International (UK), International Herald Tribune (USA) and Jerusalem Post (Israel), with regard to the type and intensity of the coverage, potential s ... more
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Arabische Zeitenwende: Aufstand und Revolution in der arabischen Welt

Asiye Öztürk (ed.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), 304 pp.
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Footprints of the Global South: Venesat-1 and RascomQAF/1R as Counter-Hegemonic Satellites

Lisa Parks
In: The Handbook of Global Media Research
Ingrid Volkmer (ed.)
Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), pp. 123-142
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Multiple Modernities and Mass Communications in Muslim Countries

Masoud Kamali
Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 3 (2012), pp. 243-268
"This article critically explores the shortcomings of the West-centric theory of singular modernity. By focusing on the modern transformation of mass communication in Muslim countries, it argues that both traditional means of mass communication, such as manbars, and modern media, such as newspapers ... more
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International Mission to Bahrain Report. Justice Denied in Bahrain: Freedom of Expression and Assembly Curtailed

[no publisher] (2012), 27 pp.
The following report documents the findings of a delegation comprised of representatives from six international rights groups (three members and three partners of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, IFEX), which carried out a fact-finding mission between 20-30 November, 2011, in order ... more
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Der Nahe Osten in hundert Köpfen: Biografische Skizzen zu Zeitgeschichte und Gegenwart

Daniel Gerlach, Christian H. Meier (eds.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), 211 pp.
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Tunisia: From Revolutions to Institutions

Zack Brisson, Kate Krontiris
Washington, DC: infoDev Information for Development Program (2012), 121 pp.
"The study “Tunisia: from revolutions to institutions” stresses how technology-oriented small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) can generate economic expansion and job growth, including in the economically-isolated interior provinces. Tunisian ICT companies are likely to find an attractive marke ... more
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Finding a Way: How Iranians Reach for News and Information. The Iran Media Program’s 2011-2012 Report on Media Consumption in Iran

Magdalena Wojcieszak, Briar Smith, Mahmood Enayat
Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (2012), 46 pp.
"We find that among both the general population and the technologically savvy youth, television – and especially the state-controlled broadcaster – was among the most often used news sources (with the Internet being the most important news outlet for the youth). This finding is surprising given ... more
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Funding Guide for Arab Documentary Producers

Irit Neidhardt
Beirut: DOCmed; Euromed Audiovisual (2012), 66 pp.