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International Film Guide 2009: The Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema

Ian Haydn Smith (ed.)
London; New York: Wallflower Press, 45th ed. (2009), 472 pp.
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'The Pathology of Media Intervention in Iraq 2003-2008: The US Attempt to Restructure Iraqi Media Law and Content

Orayb Aref Najjar
International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, volume 3, issue 1 (2009), pp. 27-52
"This study analyzes US attempts to remake the Iraqi mediascape, its law and content between 2003 and 2008. It concludes that post-invasion media development was so poorly structured and implemented that it was doomed from the start. This is true despite and because of the millions of dollars spent ... more
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Naher Osten

Bernhard Chiari, Dieter H. Kollmer (eds.)
Paderborn et al.: Schöningh, 2nd ed. (2009), 312 pp.
"Renommierte Autoren schreiben über Geschichte und Politik, Kulturen und Traditionen der Krisenregion Libanon – Israel – Palästina. Hier befindet sich heiliges Land dreier Weltreligionen, genauso aber der Brennpunkt vieler lang andauernder Konflikte. Das Buch bietet eine ungeschönte Analyse d ... more
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A Suggested Framework for Assessing Electronic Government Readiness in Egypt

Nahed Amin Azab, Sherif Kamel, Georgios Dafoulas
Electronic Journal of e-Government, volume 7, issue 1 (2009), pp. 11-27
"Electronic Government (e-Government) is becoming a global phenomenon that is increasingly attracting the attention of community citizens including politicians, economists, decision and policy makers amongst others. Once only regarded as a means for modernizing the public sector and increasing gover ... more
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Jordan Media Survey 2008

Harris Interactive; IREX; USAID (2009), 200 slides
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The Right to Offend, Shock or Disturb: A Guide to Evolution of Insult Laws in 2007 and 2008

Carolyn R. Wendell
Reston, Virg.: World Press Freedom Committee (2009), 155 pp.
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Internationalizing Media Studies
Deep Insights

Daya Kishan Thussu (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2009), xiii, 320 pp.
"This collection of essays by internationally-acclaimed scholars from around the world aims to stimulate a debate about the imperatives for internationalizing media studies by broadening its remit, including innovative research methodologies, taking account of regional and national specificities and ... more
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Behind the Scenes: Transparency in Lebanese Media Business Practices

Internews Network (2009), 64 pp.
"The present study is a first attempt to look inside media organizations in Lebanon in order to understand what kind of business decisions are being made. This study analyzes employee diversity, as well as political affiliation or media owners [...] There was a clear reluctance among media owners to ... more
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Faith and Media: Analysis of Faith and Media. Representation and Communication

Hans Geybels, Sara Mels, Michel Walrave (eds.)
Brussels: Peter Lang (2009), 257 pp.
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Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion

Paul A. Marshall, Lela Gilbert, Roberta Green Ahmanson (eds.)
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2009), xv, 220 pp.
"This book analyzes media coverage of major news stories in which religion is a major component and recounts how journalist often miss, or misunderstand, these stories because they do not take religion seriously, or misunderstand religion when they do take it seriously. Since religion is a major and ... more
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International Blogging: Identity, Politics, and Networked Publics

Adrienne Russell, Nabil Echchaibi (eds.)
New York: Peter Lang (2009), x, 205 pp.
"Through case studies of blogs written in English, Chinese, Arab, French, Russian, and Hebrew, this book explores the way blogging is being conceptualized in different cultural contexts. The authors move beyond the most highly trafficked sites to shed light on larger developments taking place online ... more
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Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace

Mohammed El-Nawawy, Sahar Khamis
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), viii, 269 pp.
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Dschihadismus: Materialien

Rüdiger Lohlker
Wien: Facultas wuv (2009), 248 pp.
"Eine Auswahl bestimmter dschihadistischer Dokumente, hier erstmals ins Deutsche übersetzt und wissenschaftlich kommentiert, geben einen Einblick in den Diskurs der dschihadistischen Bewegungen. Es werden Diskussionen aus Onlineforen wiedergegeben, Gedichte bzw. anaschid (agitatorische Lieder), die ... more
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The Role of New Media in the 2009 Iranian Elections

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2009), 7 pp.
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Attacks on the Press in 2008: A Worldwide Survey

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2009), 341 pp.
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Freedom on the Net: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Freedom House (2009), 123 pp.
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Les médias en Méditerranée: Nouveaux médias, monde arabe et relations internationales

Khadija Mohsen-Finan (dir.)
Paris: Actes Sud; MMSH; Barzach (2009), 398 pp.
"Depuis les années 1990, la généralisation des télévisions satellitaires et l’avènement d’Internet ont bouleversé le paysage médiatique et contribué à une modification profonde du rapport entre les populations et l’information. Désormais acteurs politiques à part entière, les méd ... more
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Fernsehprediger, Online-Counselling und Fatwa-Hotlines: Zur Medialisierung des Islam

Carola Richter
In: Religion und Massenmedien
Maud E. Sieprath (ed.)
Berlin: Weißensee-Verlag (2009), pp. 99-128
"Der Mainstream-Islam, der sich heute im arabischen Fernsehen und Internet präsentiert, hat [...] eine besondere Charakteristik: er hat eine moralische Botschaft, ist aber nicht vordergründig politisch und wird damit geduldet von den autoritären Regimes, die in populär-religiösen Formaten zumei ... more
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iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam
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Gary R. Bunt
London: Hurst (2009), 358 pp.
"The internet has profoundly shaped how Muslims perceive Islam, and how Islamic societies and networks are evolving and shifting within the twenty-first century. While these electronic interfaces appear new and innovative in terms of how the media is applied, much of their content has a basis in cla ... more
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Freedom of the Press 2008: A Global Survey of Media Independence

Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Sarah G. Cook (eds.)
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2009), xxv, 369 pp.