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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam

Philip N. Howard

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 ... more

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Reality Television and Arab Politics: Contention in Public Life

Marwan Kraidy

Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2010), xvi, 252 pp.

"Based on a wealth of primary data collected during five years, Reality Television and Arab Politics analyzes how reality television stirred an explosive mix of religion, politics, and sexuality, fueling heated polemics over cultural authenticity, gender relations, and political participation in the ... more

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Media Seminars on Militants’ Media in Pakistan and its Impact

Islamabad: Pak Institute for Peace Studies (2010), 5 pp.

"The Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized a series of policy dialogues to seek expert opinion on a PIPS research report titled ‘Understanding Militants’ Print Media in Pakistan and its Impact’. The report maps the militants’ media, its genesis and evolution, and impact on the Pak ... more

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Internetnutzung islamistischer Terror- und Insurgentengruppen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von medialen Geiselnahmen im Irak, Afghanistan, Pakistan und Saudi-Arabien

Judith Tinnes

Saarbrücken: Universität des Saarlandes, Doctoral Thesis (2010), xvii, 846 pp.

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Authoritarian Regimes, Muslims' Religious Rights in Central Asia, and Lack of Foreign Press Coverage of Rights Violations

Eric Freedman

Central Asia and the Caucasus, volume 11, issue 1 (2010), pp. 146-158

"Today, extended geographical links are the most important yet far from the only factor that makes Central Eurasia highly significant for China's conceptualization of its security. The Soviet Union's disintegration, which created newly independent states, also generated favorable conditions for Chin ... more

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Surfing the App Souq: Islamic Applications for Mobile Devices

Gary R. Bunt

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 ... more

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Media Parenting and the Construction of Media Identities in Northern Nigerian Muslim Hausa Video Films

Abdalla Uba Adamu

In: Media and Identity in Africa

Kimani Njogu; John Middleton (eds.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2010), pp. 171-184

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Reporting Islam: Media Representations of British Muslims

Elizabeth Poole

London: Tauris, reprint (2009), xi, 298 pp.

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iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam
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Gary R. Bunt

London: Hurst (2009), 358 pp.

"The internet has profoundly shaped how Muslims perceive Islam, and how Islamic societies and networks are evolving and shifting within the twenty-first century. While these electronic interfaces appear new and innovative in terms of how the media is applied, much of their content has a basis in cla ... more

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Theorizing the Muslim Blogosphere: Blogs, Rationality, Publicness, and Individuality

Eugenia Siapera

In: International Blogging: Identity, Politics, and Networked Publics

Adrienne Russell; Nabil Echchaibi (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2009), pp. 29-46

Von Chatraum bis Cyberjihad: Muslimische Internetnutzung in lokaler und globaler Perspektive

Matthias Brückner, Johanna Pink (eds.)

Würzburg: Ergon (2009), xiii, 215 pp.

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Islamic Renewal, Radio, and the Surface of Things

Brian Larkin

In: Aesthetic Formations: Media, Religion, and the Senses

Birgit Meyer (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), pp. 117-136

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The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film

William L. Blizek (ed.)

London: Continuum (2009), x, 426 pp.

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Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace

Mohammed El-Nawawy, Sahar Khamis

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), viii, 269 pp.

Fernsehprediger, Online-Counselling und Fatwa-Hotlines: Zur Medialisierung des Islam

Carola Richter

In: Religion und Massenmedien

Maud E. Sieprath (ed.)

Berlin: Weißensee-Verlag (2009), pp. 99-128

"Der Mainstream-Islam, der sich heute im arabischen Fernsehen und Internet präsentiert, hat [...] eine besondere Charakteristik: er hat eine moralische Botschaft, ist aber nicht vordergründig politisch und wird damit geduldet von den autoritären Regimes, die in populär-religiösen Formaten zumei ... more

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Aesthetic Formations: Media, Religion, and the Senses

Birgit Meyer (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xiv, 278 pp.

"This book examines the incorporation of newly accessible mass media into practices of religious mediation in a variety of settings including the Pentecostal Church and Islamic movements, as well as the use of religious forms and image in the sphere of radio and cinema." (Publisher description)

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