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From the Field: Co-Producing the Memory. Cinema Production Between Europe and the Middle East
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
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Media, Spiritualities and Social Change
London; New York: Continuum (2011), ix, 262 pp.
"Bringing together scholarly perspectives from around the world and across disciplines, the authors explore how 'spiritualities' express themselves through and with media - from television to Internet, from fashion to art murals - as socially transforming voices and practices. The very fluidity of t
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Anti-American Sentiment as a Media Effect? Arab Media, Political Identity, and Public Opinion in the Middle East
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
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Essay: International Middle East Media Challenge Cultural Imperialism Thesis
Global Media Journal - Arabian Edition, volume 1, issue 2 (2011), pp. 89-109
The Production of Modernization: Daniel Lerner, Mass Media, and the Passing of Traditional Society
Philadelphia: Temple University Press (2011), viii, 218 pp.
"Daniel Lerner's 1958 book 'The Passing of Traditional Society' was central in shaping Cold War-era ideas about the use of mass media and culture to promote social and economic progress in postcolonial nations. Based on a study of the effectiveness of propaganda in the Middle East, Lerner's book cla
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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
In: The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 54-78
Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media
Deep Insights
Thousand Oaks; London; New Delhi; Singapore: Sage (2011), xxvii, 602 pp.
"This one-volume encyclopedia features around 250 essays on the varied experiences of social movement media over the planet in the 20th and 21st centuries [...] The guiding principles have been to ensure that experiences from the global South are given voice; that women are properly represented amon
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The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies in the Middle East and North Africa
Cambridge, UK: RAND Corporation (2011), ix, 70 pp.
Attacks on the Press in 2010: A Worldwide Survey
New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2011), 431 pp.
Peace Journalism: How Media Reporting Affects Wars and Conflicts
Johanneshov: Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation (2011), 22 pp.
Questioning the Al-Jazeera Effect: Analysis of Al-Qaeda’s Media Strategy and its Relationship with Al-Jazeera
Global Media and Communication, volume 7, issue 3 (2011), pp. 199-204
"Even Al-Jazeera, the first all-news channel widely considered independent, is primarily a tool in the Qatari government's hands to consolidate its existence, and fight its media wars with Saudi Arabia, provoking anger in the Arab and Western world. Al-Quaeda's relationship to Al-Jazeera, thus, cann
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Surfing the App Souq: Islamic Applications for Mobile Devices
CyberOrient, volume 4, issue 1 (2010), pp. 3-18
"This article introduces issues associated with Islamic apps for mobile devices, and surveys some of the products that have emerged into the market. It considers the potential impact of mobile phone interfaces in relation to interpretations of Islam and the use of Islamic resources, given that mobil
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International Film Guide 2010: The Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema
London; New York: Wallflower Press, 46th ed. (2010), 460 pp.
Untold Stories
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
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Attacks on the Press in 2009: A Worldwide Survey
New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2010), 359 pp.
Journalism Ethics Revisited: A Comparison of Ethics Codes in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Muslim Asia
Political Communication, volume 19, issue 2 (2010), pp. 225-250
"Formal journalism ethics, as laid out in codes of ethics by journalism associations and the like, is part of a wider debate on media ethics that has been triggered in the Middle East due to the advent of global media in the region. This study compares journalism codes from Europe and the Islamic wo
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Freedom of the Press 2010: Broad Setbacks to Global Media Freedom
Washington, DC: Freedom House (2010), 261 pp.
A Sampler of International Media and Communication Statistics 2010
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
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Shifting Sands: The Impact of Satellite TV on Media in the Arab World
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2010), 30 pp.
"The political landscape of individual countries, including their level of internal legitimacy and perceived vulnerability to political extremists, influences the level of media freedom enjoyed in that country at any given moment. In many MENA countries, media freedom is a privilege bestowed by mona
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