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New Questions, New Insights, New Approaches: Contributions to the Research Forum at the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth 2010

Cecilia von Feilitzen, Ulla Carlsson, Catharina Bucht
Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media; Nordicom (2011), 275 pp.
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The Trans-Saharan Book Trade: Manuscript Culture, Arabic Literacy and Intellectual History in Muslim Africa

Graziano Krätli, Ghislaine Lydon (eds.)
Leiden; Boston: Brill (2011), xii, 422 pp.
"As the manuscript treasures in the libraries of Timbuktu and throughout the northwestern quarter of Africa become known, many questions are raised. How did a manuscript culture flourish in the Sahara and in Muslim Africa more generally? Under what conditions did African intellectuals thrive, and ho ... more
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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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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
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More Bad News from Israel

Greg Philo, Mike Berry
London: Pluto Press, Exp. and updated ed. (2011), viii, 475 pp.
"Building on rigorous research by the world-renowned Glasgow University Media Group, 'More Bad News From Israel' examines media coverage of the current conflict in the Middle East and the impact it has on public opinion. The book brings together senior journalists and ordinary viewers to examine how ... more
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Arab Media Adopt Citizen Journalism to Change the Dynamics of Conflict Coverage

Naila Hamdy
Global Media Journal - Arabian Edition, volume 1, issue 1 (2011), pp. 3-15
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(Amplified) Voices for the Voiceless

David Faris
Arab Media & Society, issue 11 (2010), 20 pp.
"David Faris looks at the role bloggers played in the campaign to enable Egypt's tiny Baha'i minority to obtain identity cards without identifying themselves as Muslims or Christians. He traces the links between a handful of Baha'i bloggers, a wider circle of sympathetic activist bloggers and some k ... more
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The Private Media in Syria

Salam Kawakibi
The Hague; Amsterdam: Hivos; University of Amsterdam, Department of Political Science (2010), 12 pp.
"This working paper is about the private media in Syria. A new publishing law was passed in 2001, which allowed the private sector to re-enter the media industry, having been banned from it since 1963. The relatively high number of approved publications since 2001 provides the Ministry of Informatio ... more
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Religion Macht Frieden: Das Friedenspotenzial von Religionen in politischen Gewaltkonflikten
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Markus A. Weingardt
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2010), 480 pp.
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Medienkontrolle durch Medienbesitz? Presse, Rundfunk und Internet in Saudi-Arabien

Jannis Hagmann
In: Saudi-Arabien: ein Königreich im Wandel?
Ulrike Freitag (ed.)
Paderborn: Schöningh (2010), pp. 107-134
"[...] ist es nicht weiter erstaunlich, dass das Königreich auf der Rangliste zur Medienfreiheit der Reporter ohne Grenzen im vergangenen Jahr Platz 163 von 175 untersuchten Ländern belegte.2 Dass Saudi-Arabien in der arabischen Medienlandschaft aber dennoch ein Spieler der allerersten Liga ist, i ... more
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Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East: Islamic, Christian and Jewish Channels. Programmes and Discourses
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Cambridge: Cambridge University, Cambridge Arab Media Project (CAMP); Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies (CIS) (2010), 70 pp.
"Since the mid-1990s, the influence of satellite television broadcasting in the Middle East has become central to the shaping of public attitudes in the region and beyond. While many of the main influential mainstream satellite channels are news-focused, entertainment and religious broadcasting are ... more
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Attacks on the Press in 2009: A Worldwide Survey

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2010), 359 pp.
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A Sampler of International Media and Communication Statistics 2010

Sara Leckner, Ulrika Facht (comps.)
Göteborg: Nordicom; University of Gothenburg (2010), 237 pp.
"There is a lack of comparative statistics on media and communication, and this is a fundamental problem. National media statistics are very poor in many countries. But some comparative statistics already available within different international and regional organisations and institutions could be m ... more
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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

Philip N. Howard
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.
"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar ... more
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Reality Television and Arab Politics: Contention in Public Life

Marwan Kraidy
Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2010), xvi, 252 pp.
"Based on a wealth of primary data collected during five years, Reality Television and Arab Politics analyzes how reality television stirred an explosive mix of religion, politics, and sexuality, fueling heated polemics over cultural authenticity, gender relations, and political participation in the ... more
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Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age: The 2009 Presidential Election Uprising in Iran

Yahya R. Kamalipour (ed.)
Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield (2010), xxiv, 314 pp.
"Focusing on the Iranian presidential elections of 2009 and ensuing demonstrations in major cities across Iran and world, Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age provides a balanced discussion of the role and impact of modern communication technologies, particularly the novel utilization of 's ... more
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Journalism Education in Countries with Limited Media Freedom
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Beate Josephi (ed.)
New York: Peter Lang (2010), xiii, 263 pp.
"Since the 1990s journalism education programs have expanded exponentially around the world, but media freedom has not. Globally comparative, this edited volume assesses journalism education and the challenging environment in which it is delivered in countries with a partly free or not free status a ... more
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Untold Stories

Irit Neidhardt
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 7, issue 2 (2010), pp. 31-50
"Since the mid 1990s the European Union (EU) and its member states, most prominently France and Germany, have encouraged cinematic co-productions between Europe and the Middle East. A large number of films were completed within various EU support and cooperation programmes, ranging from special inte ... more
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Internetnutzung islamistischer Terror- und Insurgentengruppen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von medialen Geiselnahmen im Irak, Afghanistan, Pakistan und Saudi-Arabien

Judith Tinnes
Saarbrücken: Universität des Saarlandes, Doctoral Thesis (2010), xvii, 846 pp.
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Internet or Enter-Not: The Syrian Experience

Salam Kawakibi
Amsterdam: Hivos; University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) (2010), 13 pp.
"This working paper discusses the status of the internet in Syria. Syrian authorities show a large amount of distrust vis-à-vis the new technology and there is much state control. The list of banned sites is long, varied and flexible. Website bans are about muzzling free expression and controlling ... more