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The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies in the Middle East and North Africa

Flavia Flavia Tsang, Ohid Yaqub, Desirée van Welsum, Tony G. Thompson-Starkey, Joanna Chataway
Cambridge, UK: RAND Corporation (2011), ix, 70 pp.
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The Emergent Supranational Arab Media Policy Sphere

Marwan M. Kraidy
In: The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy
Robin Mansell, Marc Raboy (eds.)
Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 293-305
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From the Field: Co-Producing the Memory. Cinema Production Between Europe and the Middle East

Irit Neidhardt
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 1, issue 1 (2011), 13 pp.
"The media intervention programs and training initiatives for Arabs reflect hegemonies and dependencies. Taking into consideration the absence of a public cinema infrastructure in the Arab World and thus the lack of institutional representation or backing for film-makers leads one to question to wha ... more
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Political and Media Transitions in Egypt: A Snapshot of Media Policy and Regulatory Environment

Toby Mendel
Internews (2011), 23 pp.
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Femmes et médias au Maghreb: Guide à l’intention de la société civile pour améliorer la représentation des femmes dans les médias au Maghreb

Sahbi Ben Nablia
Rabat: UNESCO (2011), 95 pp.
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Can it Tweet its Way to Democracy? The Promise of Participatory Media in Africa

Abiye Megenta
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2011), 103 pp.
Offers a policy-focused overview of the state of online political participatory media in Tunisia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Uganda.
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Believe it or Not: Understanding the Credibility and Effectiveness of Radio Sawa in the UAE

Thomas B. Christie, Andrew M. Clark
International Communication Gazette, volume 73, issue 4 (2011), pp. 359-371
"As part of an overall strategy to influence public opinion in the Muslim world, the US government implemented two new international broadcasting tools — Radio Sawa and Alhurra (a satellite television network). In the face of declining support of US government policies in the Muslim world, this st ... more
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Global Communication and Cultural Particularisms: The Place of Values in the Simultaneity of Structural Globalization and Cultural Fragmentation - the Case of Islamic Civilization

Bassam Tibi
In: The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics
Robert S. Fortner, Mark Fackler (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 54-78
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Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media

Carolyn M. Byerly
Washington, DC: International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (2011), 393 pp.
"There is abundant evidence of underrepresentation of women as subjects of coverage, but until now there were no reliable, comprehensive data on which to make a clear determination about where women currently fit into the news-making operation or in the decision-making or ownership structure of thei ... more
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Journalists Without Bounds

Beirut: Journalists@journalism.com; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2011), 40, 39 pp.
"This study is the first experimental attempt to identify the family, legal and professional conditions of journalists in Lebanon. But the desire to undertake a comprehensive survey of all journalists working in the media in all Lebanese regions has not been realized for several reasons; the most im ... more
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Women and Media in the Euromed Region: Training Manual

Brussels: EUROMED (2011), 89 pp.
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No News is Good News: Abuses Against Journalists by Palestinian Security Forces

New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (2011), 35 pp.
"Severe harassment by Palestinian Authority and Hamas security forces of Palestinian journalists in the West Bank and Gaza has had a pronounced chilling effect on freedom of expression. This report documents cases in which Palestinian security forces tortured, beat, and arbitrarily detained journali ... more
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Anti-American Sentiment as a Media Effect? Arab Media, Political Identity, and Public Opinion in the Middle East

Erik C. Nisbet, Teresa A. Myers
Communication Research, volume 38, issue 5 (2011), pp. 684-709
"Many have attributed anti-American sentiment within Arab countries to a highly negative information environment propagated by transnational Arab satellite TV news channels such as Al-Jazeera. However, theoretical models and empirical evidence evaluating the linkages between media exposure and opini ... more
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Social Media in the Arab World: Leading Up to the Uprisings of 2011

Jeffrey Ghannam
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 39 pp.
"Key Findings: About 17 million people in the Arab region are using Facebook, available in Arabic, with 5 million in Egypt alone, and demand is expected to grow on micro-blogging sites. Twitter announced it will launch its Arabic interface in 2011; Arab governments are developing, at varying rates, ... more
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Ethics of Survival: Media, Palestinians, and Israelis in Conflict

Oliver Witte
In: The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics
Robert S. Fortner, Mark Fackler (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 655-676
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Media Sustainability Index 2010: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2011), xix, 411 pp.
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The Changing Representation of the Arab Woman in Middle East Advertising and Media

Badreya Nasser Abdullah Al Jenaibi
Global Media Journal - Arabian Edition, volume 1, issue 2 (2011), pp. 67-88
"As the United Arab Emirates continues to emerge as a cosmopolitan tourist destination, the marketing of Arab images to create metaphors of hospitality and openness, even sex appeal, will continue to grow. Images of Arab women are central to the branding of the UAE in its desired role as a globally ... more
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Peace Journalism: How Media Reporting Affects Wars and Conflicts

Asa Carlman, Ida Svedlund (eds.)
Johanneshov: Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation (2011), 22 pp.
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All the Sides of Censorship: Online Media Accountability Practices in Pre-Revolutionary Tunisia

Riadh Ferjani
Tampere: University of Tampere, Journalism Research and Development Centre (2011), 22 pp.
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Teaching Journalism in Oman: Reflections After the Arab Spring

Susan O'Rourke
Pacific Journalism Review, volume 17, issue 2 (2011), pp. 109-129
"Between 2005–2011, the New Zealand Tertiary Education Consortium (NZTEC) was contracted to the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) in the Sultanate of Oman. This long-term, long-distance off-shore education contract committed four New Zealand universities to providing degrees in four discipline a ... more