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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2012), 657 pp.
"This report is the third in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 47 countries that occurred between January 2011 and May 2012. Over 50 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project by researching
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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2012), 273 pp.
"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu
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The Potential of Foreign News as International Development Communication
Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue Special Issue (2012), pp. 45-58
"This article investigates what the news says about inequity-driven civil wars and economic underdevelopment. Dewey argued that the lack of causal knowledge that distinguishes between symptoms and root causes would limit potential effective and transformative public action. Political scientists have
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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum; INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.
"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi
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Unveiling the Revolutionaries: Cyberactivism and the Role of Women in the Arab Uprisings
Houston, Tex.: Rice University, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy (2012), 44 pp.
"This is the first scholarly analysis of how young women used social media and cyberactivism to help shape the “Arab Spring” and its aftermath. It argues that women's engagement with social media has coincided with a shift in the political landscape of the Middle East, and it is unlikely that th
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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
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New Media and Conflict After the Arab Spring
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2012), 24 pp.
"An extraordinary wave of popular protest swept the Arab world in 2011. Massive popular mobilization brought down long-ruling leaders in Tunisia and Egypt, helped spark bloody struggles in Bahrain, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, and fundamentally reshaped the nature of politics in the region. New media -
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Internationalising a Media Studies Degree in Arab Higher Education: A Case Study Arising from an Agreement Between New Zealand and Oman
"For a project of its size, duration and complexity, the reversioning of the New Zealand media studies degree of Oman has been remarkably successful. Given the inherent problems in developing curricula for 'others', the writing team has been extremely productive and constantly inventive [...] it has
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Use of Social Media in the United Arab Emirates: An Initial Study
Global Media Journal - Arabian Edition, volume 1, issue 2 (2011), pp. 3-27
"The most popular types of social media in the UAE are generally the same as those used in other regions across the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. These include social networks (Facebook), video-sharing sites (YouTube), and micro-blogging sites (Twitter), among others. UAE respondents were b
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Believe it or Not: Understanding the Credibility and Effectiveness of Radio Sawa in the UAE
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
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News audiences beware! Insights from Darfur
Media Development (WACC), volume 58, issue 4 (2011), pp. 32-36
Women Candidates and Arab Media: Challlenging Conservatism in Bahraini Politics
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 8, issue 2 (2011), pp. 135-158
"Women have yet to enter to Bahrain’s parliament despite being permitted to run for some years. With its king promoting social and economic change, the media has portrayed positive images of Arab women as professionals against a backdrop of religious conservatism. The communications strategy adopt
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People's Power: The Arab World in Revolt
Perspectives (Heinrich Böll Stiftung), issue 2 (2011), 262 pp.
Global Information Society Watch 2011: Internet Rights and Democratisation. Focus on Freedom of Expression and Association Online
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2011), 273 pp.
"In the year of the Arab uprisings Global Information Society Watch 2011 investigates how governments and internet and mobile phone companies are trying to restrict freedom online – and how citizens are responding to this using the very same technologies. Everyone is familiar with the stories of E
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The Emergent Supranational Arab Media Policy Sphere
In: The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy
Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 293-305
Teaching Journalism in Oman: Reflections After the Arab Spring
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
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Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East: Islamic, Christian and Jewish Channels. Programmes and Discourses
Deep Insights
"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
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Medienkontrolle durch Medienbesitz? Presse, Rundfunk und Internet in Saudi-Arabien
"[...] 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
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Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: World Bank (2010), xxi, 420 pp.
"This book highlights the importance of the news media as watchdogs, agenda setters and gatekeepers for the quality of democratic deliberation in the public sphere. At the same time, it theorizes that the capacity of journalists and media systems to fulfill these roles depends on the broader context
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