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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2018
Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank; ITU (2018), vi, 240 pp.
"In 2016, there were more than 7.3 billion mobile-cellular subscriptions worldwide. Globally, 3.5 billion people were using the Internet, of which 2.5 billion were from developing countries. Mobile-broadband subscriptions have risen constantly to reach 3.6 billion, while the number of fixed-broadban
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Digital Middle East: State and Society in the Information Age
New York; Qatar: Oxford University Press; Georgetown University (2018), xii, 335 pp.
"Digital Middle East sheds a critical light on continuing changes that are closely intertwined with the adoption of information and communication technologies in the MENA region. Drawing on case studies from throughout the Middle East, the contributors explore how these digital transformations are p
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Hören, Sehen, Staunen: Kulturgeschichte des mündlichen Erzählens
Hildesheim; Zürich; New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 2. überarb. und erw. Aufl. (2018), 598 pp.
"Beim Stichwort „mündliches Erzählen“ denkt man hierzulande vor allem an „Märchen“, kurze und wundersame Erzählungen der Landbevölkerung vergangener Zeiten. Tatsächlich aber kannten alle Kulturen raffinierte Erzählkünste, die häufig auch Schriftliteratur und Theater inspirierten. Au
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Christian Media
In: Christianity in North Africa and West Asia
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2018), pp. 417-426
"Christian media in a highly fragile region are faced with a number of challenges: the issues of security, trust and persecution have prevented them from develping more inclusive strategies, strengthening their relationship with their audience or conducting qualitative or quantitative audience resea
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Children’s Screen Content in an Era of Forced Migration: Facilitating Arab-European Dialogue. Prix Jeunesse International, Munich. Workshop Briefing 3: Drama, Storytelling, Empathy
London: King's College (2018), 26 pp.
"This briefing summarises the proceedings of the third workshop in a project to stimulate dialogue between European and Arab stakeholders about European screen content for young children of Arab heritage who are living in Europe through forced migration." (Page 28)
La fabrique audiovisuelle de l'Etat Islamique: La vidéo comme arme de guerre et outil de légitimation et de recrutement
Paris: L'Harmattan (2018), 134 pp.
"La propagande de guerre de l'EI adopte les codes des genres cinématographiques afin de fictionnaliser le fait guerrier et dissimuler l'fenvers du décors. Cette fantasmagorie surréaliste fonctionne selon un double regime de fascination et de stimulation des pulsions de mort qui ont pour effet de
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Internet News, Media Technologies, and Islam: The Case of Shafaqna
In: Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), pp. 367-381
"The study examines the case of a Shia online news agency, Shafaqna, to argue that Internet news production by different Muslim organizations has not been limited to propagation nor circulation of religiously sanctioned news but has also been utilized as a way of building interactive identity with r
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Media, Propaganda and the Politics of Intervention
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2017), xiv, 276 pp.
"Building on critical theory, most notably Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model, Florian Zollmann's pioneering study brings propaganda back to the forefront of the debate. On the basis of a forensic examination of 1,911 newspaper articles, Zollmann investigates US, UK and German media reporting of
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Global Media Giants
Deep Insights
New York; London: Routledge (2017), xiii, 496 pp.
"Global Media Giants takes an in-depth look at how media corporate power works globally, regionally, and nationally, investigating the ways in which the largest and most powerful media corporations in the world wield power. Case studies examine not only some of the largest media corporations (News C
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Digital Resistance in the Middle East: New Media Activism in Everyday Life
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2017), xi, 194 pp.
"This book argues that Internet diffusion and use in the Middle East enables meaningful micro-changes in citizens’ lives, even in states where no Arab Spring revolution occurred. Using ethnographic evidence and taking a comparative perspective, it presents a grass roots look at how new media use f
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Media in the Middle East: Activism, Politics, and Culture
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xxxii, 265 pp.
"This edited volume offers the first extended, cross-disciplinary exploration of the cumulative problems and increasing importance of various forms of media in the Middle East. Leading scholars with expertise in Middle Eastern studies discuss their views and perceptions of the media’s influence on
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Fridays of Rage: Al Jazeera, the Arab Spring, and Political Islam
New York: Oxford University Press (2017), xxii, 309 pp.
"This book gives readers a glimpse into how Al Jazeera has strategically cast its journalists as martyrs in the struggle for Arab freedom while promoting itself as the mouthpiece and advocate of the Arab public. In addition to heralding a new era of Arab democracy, Al Jazeera has become a major infl
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What Do Young People in the Arab World Want from Their National Broadcasters?
MedMedia (2017), 18 pp.
"This report captures of the findings of the “Youth on Screen” initiative, which was born out of a growing desire amongst youth civil society groups and broadcasters in the Southern Mediterranean Region to tackle the issue of youth representation on television head on. The report not only looks
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Animation in the Middle East: Practice and Aesthetics from Baghdad to Casablanca
London: Tauris (2017), xv, 318 pp.
"The internationally acclaimed films Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir only hinted at the vibrant animation culture that exists within the Middle East and North Africa. In spite of censorship, oppression and war, animation studios have thrived in recent years - in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco,
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Évaluation du projet EBTICAR du 10 octobre 2017
CFI (2017), 11 pp.
"EBTICAR (E-booster for technical and Innovative Contents in the Arab region, ou « innovation » en langue arabe) a cherché à améliorer l'information fiable et diversifiée dans le débat démocratique en renforçant la capacité et la crédibilité des acteurs des médias en ligne de la Médite
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Reporting the Middle East: The Practice of News in the Twenty-First Century
Deep Insights
London; New York: Tauris (2017), xii, 226 pp.
"This report presents the final results of a nine-month regional peer-to-peer exchange programme implemented in 2017 by MedMedia, an EU-funded programme, and COPEAM, in partnership with public service broadcasters in the Southern Mediterranean Region. The programme aimed at developing training polic
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The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media
Deep Insights
London et al.: Bloomsbury (2017), xviii, 479 pp.
"The Dictionary of the Bible and Ancient Media is a convenient and authoritative reference tool, introducing specific terms and concepts helpful to the study of the Bible and related literature in ancient communications culture. Since the early 1980s, biblical scholars have begun to explore the pote
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"In April 2017, an Internews team conducted a rapid assessment on information needs among refugees and migrants in Italy, visiting formal reception facilities (hotspot, CAS, CARA) in Lampedusa, Agrigento, Catania, and informal centers in Ventimiglia and Rome [...] Lost in Translation examines the cr
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