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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Journalism
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Muslim Media
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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Book Markets & Industries
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Genocides
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Russia-Ukraine War <2014-
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Conflict Prevention, Mediation & Reconciliation: Role of Media
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Conflict-Sensitive Radio Journalism, Radio in Conflict Prevention & Transformation
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Crime & Violence Reporting
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Cyberwarfare, Cyber Operations: Attacking Enemy Computers, Software, and Control Systems
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Dealing With the Past
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Aesthetics in Media & Communication
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Anthropology of Media & Communication
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Architecture
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Digital Entrepreneurs, Tech Entrepreneurs
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Digital Healthcare & Information, Mobile Health, E-Health, Telemedicine
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Digital Communication
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Digital Political Communication
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Open Access Publishing
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Instagram
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Afro-Latin Americans, Afroamerican Population
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Radio in Disasters & Humanitarian Crises
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Digital & Online Archives
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Russia: Foreign Information Operations, International Broadcasting, Public Diplomacy
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Investigative Journalism
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Journalists
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Death & Grief: Reporting & Media Representation
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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Television Policies
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Media & Information Literacy
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Transition Countries: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Economic / Social / Cultural Rights
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Human Rights
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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Sharia, Fatwas
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BBC
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Popular Music
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People with Disabilities: Tailored ICT & Media Products
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Coup d'Etat
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Political Communication
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Opinion Leaders, Politicians, Decision Makers, Elites
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Political Parties: Communication Strategies
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Magazines
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Public & State Television
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Radio Dramas, Radio Soap Operas, Radio Fiction
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Media Psychology, Communication Psychology
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Religion and Communication
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Islam
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Muslim Digital Media & Online Communities
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Religion and Politics
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Comparative Approaches & Methods in Communication Research
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Nomades
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Non-Western Communication Approaches
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Urban Communication, Urban Media
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Visual Communication
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Visual Cultures
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Visual Representations
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Youth Activism, Youth Civic Engagement, Youth Political Interests, Youth Protests
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Youth, Adolescents
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Youth Cultures, Youth Milieus, Youth Identities
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Language
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Fighting Misinformation Helps Social Cohesion and Early Recovery in Syria
Amsterdam: Free Press Unlimited (2024), 7 pp.
"By preserving independence, Syrian media is trusted to promote dialogue, providing a platform for diverse voices and fosters a culture of critical thinking and public debate, the media acts as a catalyst for inclusive recovery and sustainable development. It lays the groundwork for a resilient, dem
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Online Toxicity Against Syrians in Turkish Twitter: Analysis and Implications
International Journal of Communication, volume 18, issue 24 (2024), pp. 191-218
"This study examines the portrayal of Syrians on Turkish Twitter between January and August 2021 through a big data analysis of more than 30,000 tweets. We employ the concept of online toxicity to differentiate between disinformation and hate speech and explore how they are embedded in the negative
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Refugees and the Media: Local and Global Perspectives
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xxv, 354 pp.
"Should the media stand by refugees or maintain deliberate ‘neutrality’? Should the media dehumanize the refugees further in their humanitarian conditions? Are the media entitled to publish photographs of refugees without informed consent? Should the media stand by the state being responsible fo
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Beyond victim and hero representations? A comparative analysis of UNHCR’s Instagram communication strategies for the Syrian and Ukrainian crises
Journal of Refugee Studies, volume 37, issue 2 (2024), pp. 286-306
"The Ukrainian crisis has received substantial Global Northern policy support and favourable news coverage, contrasting sharply with Global Southern crises. Nevertheless, refugee organizations can influence public perceptions through social media. This study comparatively analyses UNHCR’s Instagra
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China, media, and international conflicts
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xii, 212 pp.
"This book focuses on China’s media diplomacy and its interplay with a range of international conflicts. It assesses the representation and framing of China, as well as the perception and reception of China’s media communication in relation to various crises and conflicts. Including detailed ana
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Framing Syrian refugees: Examining news framing effects on attitudes toward refugee admissions and anti-immigrant sentiment
Newspaper Research Journal, volume 44, issue 1 (2023), pp. 6-25
"This study investigates the effects of exposure to news frames on attitudes toward Syrian refugee admissions and anti-immigrant sentiment. Findings show that framing Syrian refugees, ranging from benefits, victims to a security threat did invoke changes of attitudes toward admitting Syrian refugees
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Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press (2023), xvi, 400 pp.
"Throughout the twenty-first century, genocide denial has evolved and adapted with new strategies to augment and complement established modes of denial. In addition to outright negation, denial of genocide encompasses a range of techniques, including disputes over numbers, contestation of legal defi
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Reality on the Ground: Exploring News Production Practices by Syrian Journalists in Times of Conflict
Journalism Practice, volume 17, issue 2 (2023), pp. 283-299
"While most research on the Syrian revolution has been focussing on content analysis about how Western mainstream media cover and frame the conflict, this paper aims at exploring journalistic practices by Syrian journalists. We look at three concrete aspects: the socio-labor profile of the practitio
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Syrian journalists covering the war: Assessing perceptions of fear and security
Media, War & Conflict, volume 16, issue 1 (2023), pp. 44-62
"This article analyses the dangers and threats faced by Syrian journalists covering the conflict since the pro-democracy protests erupted in March 2011. While most Western research on the Syrian Revolution has focused on the working difficulties faced by correspondents, parachutists or foreign freel
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An analysis of the communication and engagement ecosystem in earthquake-affected northwest Syria
CDAC Network (2023), 25 pp.
Social media images and conflicts
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xii, 137 pp.
"This collection considers how digital images and social media reconfigure the way conflicts are played out, represented and perceived around the globe. Devoted to developing original theoretical frameworks and empirical insights, the volume addresses the role of user images and social media in rela
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Debating Religion and Forced Migration Entanglements
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xiv, 196 pp.
"This open access book brings into dialogue migration and religion scholars with spiritual leaders and representatives of faith-based organizations assisting refugees. Migration has always been part of spiritual development. The current 'refugee crisis' has brought to the fore debates regarding the
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Disentangling Jihad, Political Violence and Media
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2023), xxvi, 420 pp.
"The entanglement of Jihad, Political Violence, and Media has determined the lives of Muslims in Europe and the US over the past 20 years. This book unravels the nexus of these elements, to critically examine how their conjunction is perpetuated, reproduced, or disputed. In 16 case studies, the cont
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Syria Audience Research Study
Free Press Unlimited (2023), iv, 70 pp.
"The key findings suggest that Syrians continue to adopt social media and social messaging apps as the primary channels through which they access news. They appreciate the privacy of messaging apps for communication with friends and family, and check the credibility of news stories with friends, fam
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‘Forced to report’: Affective proximity and the perils of local reporting on Syria
Journalism, volume 24, issue 2 (2023), pp. 280–294
"Based on interviews with Syrian media practitioners, this article uses the notion of affective proximity to make sense of local media practitioners’ reporting and witnessing of suffering in their country and community. I argue that the life-risking, and sometimes deadly, media practices of local
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Violence Against Women in the Global South: Reporting in the #MeToo Era
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxiv, 259 pp.
"Bringing together 14 journalism scholars from around the world, this edited collection addresses the deficit of coverage of violence against women in the Global South by examining the role of the legacy press and social media that report on and highlight ways to improve reporting. Authors investiga
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Examining Violence against Journalists in Conflict Areas: Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan
Journal of Communication and Media Studies, volume 8, issue 2 (2023), pp. 49-64
"Due to the increasing number of journalists being killed, kidnapped, and imprisoned across the globe, the safety of journalists seems to be deteriorating. The level of violence against journalists varies over time and from area to area, even within the same country. This article analyzes the violen
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The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East
New Jersey: Wiley Blackwell (2023), xvi, 550 pp.
"Rather than viewing the Middle East as a monolithic culture, this Handbook examines the diverse and multi-local characteristics of the region’s knowledge production, dynamic media, and rich cultures. It addresses a wide range of topics, including the evolving mainstream and alternative media, com
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Syrian Journalists Covering the War: Assessing Perceptions of Fear and Security
Media, War & Conflict, volume 16, issue 1 (2023), pp. 44-62
"This article analyses the dangers and threats faced by Syrian journalists covering the conflict since the pro-democracy protests erupted in March 2011. While most Western research on the Syrian Revolution has focused on the working difficulties faced by correspondents, parachutists or foreign freel
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Critical discourse analysis guided topic modeling: The case of Al-Jazeera Arabic
Information, Communication & Society, volume 26, issue 5 (2023), pp. 904-922
"This paper analyzes all the articles and corresponding comments of Al-Jazeera Arabic’s coverage of the Syrian war from 2011 to 2017. I propose a multilayered Critical Discourse Analysis Guided Topic Modeling method that includes context of social structures and processes in the analysis of topics
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