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Partikularismus statt Pluralismus: Identitätspolitik und Presse im Irak
Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, issue 24 (2010), pp. 34-40
"Am 7. März 2010 waren die Irakerinnen und Iraker aufgerufen, ein neues Parlament zu wählen. Einen klaren Sieg gab es für keine der angetretenen Listen. Aus Enttäuschung behauptete dann auch fast jede der ins Parlament gewählten Parteien, betrogen worden zu sein und erhob gegen die anderen Vorw
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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.
"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar
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Forces of Gatekeeping and Journalists' Perceptions of Physical Danger in Post-Saddam Hussein's Iraq
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, volume 87, issue 3-4 (2010), pp. 484-500
"Iraqi journalists operate in one of the deadliest newsgathering environments in the world. This study, based on a survey of 404 Iraqi journalists, examines the variables influencing journalists' perceptions of physical danger in covering news after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Gatekeeping theory pro
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Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution
Deep Insights
New York: Peter Lang (2010), xi, 373 pp.
"Peace Journalism, War and Conflict Resolution draws together the work of over twenty leading international writers, journalists, theorists and campaigners in the field of peace journalism. Mainstream media tend to promote the interests of the military and governments in their coverage of warfare. T
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Iraq Media Study: National Audience Analysis
Washington, DC: IREX; D3 Systems (2010), 43 pp.
The IREX Audience Measurement Survey 2009 in Iraq was an ad hoc national quantitative research study on media usage, habits and attitudes of people over the age of 15, across Iraq, with a total sample size of 2,200 individuals. The total sample consists of a representative sample of 2,000 individual
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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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"After the fall of Baghdad on April 9, 2003, Iraq's news media environment transformed almost overnight from the tightly controlled propaganda arm of Saddam Hussein's rule into one of the most diverse and unrestricted news environments in the Middle East. Built in an atmosphere of chaos and conflict
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Arab New Media for Peace and Dialogue: Best Practice Guide and Pedagogical Toolkit
Barceloa: Centre UNESCO de Catalunya (2010), 162 pp.
"The Best Practice Guide gives a general overview of new media in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories and Syria. It analyses new media experiences acquired in conflict and post conflict areas, presenting best practice examples and recommendations developed by the workshop participants
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The Iraq War: A Heavy Death Toll for the Media 2003-2010
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2010), 13 pp.
'The Pathology of Media Intervention in Iraq 2003-2008: The US Attempt to Restructure Iraqi Media Law and Content
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
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Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion
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
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Journalisten im Irak
Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, issue 46 (2009), pp. 33-38
"Der Krieg im Irak gilt seit Mai 2003 offiziell als beendet. In keinem anderen Land weltweit ist es aber noch immer so gefährlich, als Journalist zu arbeiten. Der Artikel geht der Frage nach, wie Journalisten die Herausforderungen bewältigen, die Krieg, Krise und Gewalt mit sich bringen." (Zusamme
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Media Sustainability Index 2008: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in the Middle East and North Africa
Washington, DC: IREX (2009), xix, 209 pp.
Global Information Society Watch 2009: Focus on Access to Online Information and Knowledge – Advancing Human Rights and Democracy
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2009), 231 pp.
"GISWatch has three interrelated goals: surveying the state of the field of information and communications technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels; encouraging critical debate; strengthening networking and advocacy for a just, inclusive information society. Each year the report focuses on
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Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives
New York: Peter Lang (2009), xii, 277 pp.
How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xii, 226 pp.
"This book examines US foreign policy toward the so-called 'rogue states' and the products of the Hollywood film industry in relation to these states, which promises to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the 'soft power' that is popular culture." (Publisher description)
Journalisten zwischen Zensur und Selbstzensur: Pressefreiheit in der arabischen Welt
Berlin; Münster: Lit (2008), 93 pp.
"Wie arbeiten Journalisten in den arabischen Ländern? Welchen Chancen, aber auch welchen Barrieren begegnen sie während ihrer Berichterstattung? Diesen und weiteren Fragen widmet sich die vorliegende wissenschaftliche Abhandlung über Pressefreiheit, Öffentlichkeit und Zensur in der arabischen We
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Democracy or Polyarchy? US-Funded Media Developments in Afghanistan and Iraq Post 9/11
Media, Culture & Society, volume 30, issue 1 (2008), pp. 109-130
"This paper has demonstrated that the benefits for the general Afghan and Iraqi public derived from the ‘promotion of independent media’ by institutions like the NED are questionable, especially for parties interested in encouraging more deliberative or participatory forms of democracy. Instead,
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