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Digital Media and the Politics of Transformation in the Arab World and Asia
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2018), vi, 189 pp.
"In times of increasing mediatization and digitalization media play an important role in political and societal transformation processes. The authors of this volume take an actor-centered perspective to shed light on current cases in Arab and Asian countries. They inquire into the ways processes of
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Internet Freedoms in Palestine: Mapping of Digital Rights Violations and Threats
Haifa: 7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement (2018), 35 pp.
"The first part of the report provides a general introduction to the definition of digital rights and what they entail, and surveys key UN resolutions that recognise the impact of the internet on human rights. The second part of the report examines the accessibility of the internet by Palestinians a
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Conflict, Trauma and the Media: A Collection of Essays
Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2017), vi, 168 pp.
"This collection of essays explores the complicated relationship between the messengers bringing news of catastrophic upheaval and the recipients of that message. It concentrates on the journalists, photographers and film-makers, reflecting not only the motivations behind their work, but also the ps
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How Does the Media on Both Sides of the Mediterranean Report on Migration? A Study by Journalists, for Journalists and Policy-Makers
Deep Insights
Vienna et al.: International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD); Ethical Journalism Network (EJN); European Union (2017), 120 pp.
"Journalists from 17 countries, mostly around the Mediterranean, have examined the quality of media coverage within their respective national contexts. They highlight examples of good work marked by careful, sensitive and humanitarian reporting and also expose the shortcomings as well as the darker
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Journalists' Unions in the Southern Mediterranean Region: State of Play and Perspectives
MedMedia (2017), 23 pp.
"Journalists’ unions are key media supporting organisations and this report covers the pivotal role they play in countries of the Southern Mediterranean region. This report aspires to be a light reading, not only for union activists and media professionals, but also for journalists and citizens, a
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Audience Research in Media Development: Overview, Case Studies, and Lessons Learned
Deep Insights
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2017), 49 pp.
"This publication takes a look at current developments in the field of audience research in media development and presents three case studies testing innovative methods that can be of use for research, monitoring, and evaluation. They are meant as an orientation and inspirational source for future p
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Compassion as a News Value: Comparing French and UK Humanitarian Coverage of the War in Gaza 2014
"This chapter examined compassion as a news value in the humanitarian coverage of the 2014 war in Gaza by French and UK broadcasters to show the extent to which victims of foreign conflict can be portrayed with greater and lesser degrees of compassion … The study demonstrates that compassion as a
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To Have a Country, to Have a Say: Using Visual Methods to Explore Young Palestinians’ Lived Citizenship
Nidaba, volume 2, issue 1 (2017), pp. 20-35
"Youth in Palestine have been framed as disengaged from politics, in comparison with their spectacular activism during the two intifadas, and as unaccomplished citizens, as a result of their political circumstances. This article addresses a rethinking of the notion of citizenship, in the context of
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Fotoreporter im Konflikt: Der internationale Fotojournalismus in Israel/Palästina
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2017), 456 pp.
"Das Handeln von Fotojournalisten in Konflikten stellt einen bisher wenig beachteten Teilbereich des Auslands- und Konfliktjournalismus dar. Felix Koltermann wirft erstmals in Form einer vergleichenden Kommunikatorstudie einen differenzierten Blick auf journalistisches Handeln internationaler, israe
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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.
Holocaust memory in a globalizing world
Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag (2017), 278 pp.
"Remembering the Holocaust is a central part of historical awareness and political culture in reunified Germany, Israel, and the United States. But can the same be said for other parts of the world? How have societies that were not affected by occupation and extermination measures under the Nazi reg
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Survey on Youth and Media in Palestine
Ramallah: NET-MED Youth Project; Arab World for Research and Development (AWRAD); UNESCO (2017), 23 pp.
"Seventy one percent of Palestinian youth say that they are most interested in following local news and events, 14% are most interested in following regional and international news and events, while 15% don’t follow the news at all. New media platorms are utlized the most by youth in the case of a
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European Foreign Conflict Reporting: A Comparative Analysis of Public News Providers
London; New York: Routledge (2017), 174 pp.
"This book explores the state of European foreign conflict reporting by public-sector broadcasters, post-Cold war and post-9/11. It compares the values of three television news providers from differing public systems: BBC’s News at 10, Russia’s Vremya and France 2’s 20 Heures. The book examine
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Library and Information Science in the Middle East and North Africa
Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Saur (2016), xiii, 355 pp.
"Offers up-to-date insights into the state of library and information science (LIS) in the Middle East and North Africa. Covered topics include information literacy, intellectual property, LIS education and research, publishing and more. This timely contribution thus presents vital areas of research
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Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World: A Decade of Change
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), viii, 327 pp.
"Much has been made of the role of various media in the shaping of conflicts and political agendas in today's Arab world. This volume examines this topic with interdisciplinary contributions that range across media studies, anthroplogy, religious studies, and political science and explore both new a
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Palestinian Youth Media and the Pedagogies of Estrangement
Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 193 pp.
"Through an investigation on how Palestinian youth appropriate low-end information and communication technologies (ICTs) and digital media forms, Sanjay Asthana and Nishan Havandjian analyze how certain developments in globalization and media convergence enable young people to create new civic space
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The Other Air Force: U.S. Efforts to Reshape Middle Eastern Media Since 9/11
New Brunswick, New Jersey, London: Rutgers University Press (2016), ix, 216 pp.
"As it seeks to win the hearts and minds of citizens in the Muslim world, the United States has poured millions of dollars into local television and radio programming, hoping to generate pro-American currents on Middle Eastern airwaves. However, as this fascinating new book shows, the Middle Eastern
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Hamas and the Media: Politics and Strategy
London; New York: Routledge (2016), 225 pp.
"This book presents the first systematic and historical contextualisation of the development of Hamas’s media strategy. It determines three key phases in Hamas’s development and explores the complex and important relationship at work between its politics and use of media. Assessing four elements
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Arab Cinema Travels: Transnational Syria, Palestine, Dubai and Beyond
London: Palgrave Macmillan; British Film Institute (bfi) (2016), ix, 221 pp.
"Starting with the inventive traditions of Arabic travelogues, the text traces the manifold pathways that converge in the cinemas of Syria, Palestine and Dubai. Syrian production bursts out of long-held practices of studying abroad, this time in the film schools of the Eastern Bloc. Palestinian movi
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