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MENA Region: Mobility for One Language, Diverse Cultures. The Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones in the Arab World

Thomas Schellen, Tarek El Zein (eds.)

MTC;ABQZawya (2006), 135 pp.

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Restructuring Radio Broadcasting in Arab Countries: Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan & Egypt

Olfa Lamloum

Paris: Panos Paris (2006), 54 pp.

"The reorganisation of radio broadcasting in the five Arab countries we have looked at is a slow, unequal, up-and-down and unfinished process. It is unfinished in that some states (Egypt and Syria), still have not published the conditions for awarding broadcasting licenses, even though some independ ... ent stations have received authorisation. The beneficiary stations thus have no real legal status, but are private businesses broadcasting music, and refraining from broadcasting news. The stations seem to be of most benefit to businessmen close to the authorities, and are more a part of the process of State privatisation than media democratisation. There is a general lack of transparency, and very little information is available about these radio stations. Journalists know little about the shareholders, working conditions in the stations and how they are organised. The legal vacuum will no doubt eventually be filled in these two countries. But, for the time being, radio broadcasting in Egypt and Syria remains totally under the control of the authorities. Lebanon is a special case. By allowing radio and television stations to be privately owned, Lebanon has essentially brought an existing state of affairs within the law, since these independent stations did not wait for the 1996 law to be passed before going on the air. Nevertheless, the various attempts to prevent religious interests from controlling the media have so far failed, and the political stations are a direct mirror of the country’s religious polarities. Every political/religious party has its own radio station (and television channel), which it uses to support its political choices. And the only non-religious station, Sawt Al-Shab, is close to the Lebanese Communist Party. Despite their vulnerability, the Palestinian and Jordanian experiments are without doubt the most promising. The legal framework is restrictive, in these two countries, but the privatelyowned stations are pushing back the boundaries of news broadcasting, are helping to render the media more autonomous, and introducing a relative degree of democracy in the field of information. But these experiments remain dependent on the unstable political context and resulting legal restrictions. The new legislation is more favourable to entertainment stations and benefits businessmen close to the authorities, leaving little space for civil society radio projects to develop." (Conclusion, page 42) more

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Media Sustainability Index 2005: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in the Middle East and North Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)

Washington, DC: IREX (2006), xix, 231 pp.

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Auslandsmärkte als Chance: Die deutsche ITK-Wirtschaft

Berlin: Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien (BITKOM);Auswärtiges Amt (2006), 498 pp.

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The Impact of Community Media on Social and Political Life in Jordan

Philip O. Madanat

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2006), 22 pp.

"This paper tries to contribute to the discussion on how alternative, community media has altered the media scenery and affected socio-political life in Jordan in terms of the interplay between the civil society and public sphere. With specific reference to Radio AmmanNet, the first community radio ... more

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Middle East Media Guide 2006

Ben Smalley (ed.)

Dubai: MediaSouce (2006), 380 pp.

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News Around the World: Content, Practitioners, and the Public

Pamela J. Shoemaker, Akiba A. Cohen

New York: Routledge (2006), 409 pp.

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Media and Democracy: The KAF Democracy Report 2005

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) (ed.)

Bonn: Bouvier (2005), 323 pp.

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Deutsch-arabischer Mediendialog: Jugend, Medien und Politische Partizipation. Berlin 29.-30. November 2004. Dokumentation

Barbara Kuhnert (ed.)

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2005), 51 pp.

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Die Journalistenverbände in Jordanien und im Libanon: Ein Teil der Zivilgesellschaft?

Ines Braune

Hamburg: Deutsches Orient-Institut (2005), 135 pp.

"Die Autorin legt eine Analyse der Rolle der Journalistenverbände im Rahmen der Öffnungsprozesse in Jordanien und im Libanon vor. Jordaniens König leitete 1991 den Demokratisierungsprozess ein, der Libanon befindet sich nach Ende des Bürgerkriegs 1990 auf Re-Demokratisierungskurs. Die Journalist ... more

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The State of the Arab Media 2004

Ibrahim Fadel (ed.)

Youssef Fadel (introd.)

London: Arab Press Freedom Watch (APFW) (2005), 260 pp.

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Der Islam in der Gegenwart

Werner Ende, Udo Steinbach (eds.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), 5., aktual. und erw. Aufl., Lizenzausg. (2005), 1064 pp.

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Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics
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William A. Rugh

Westport: Praeger (2004), 259 pp.

"Since September 11, 2001, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, many television viewers in the United States have become familiar with Al Jazeera as offering an alternative take on events from that presented by mainstream U.S. media, as well as disseminating anti-American invective. Westerners have ... more

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Media and the Path to Peace

Gadi Wolfsfeld

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2004), 271 pp.

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World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide

Amanda C. Quick (ed.)

Detroit: Gale, 2nd ed. (2003), xxviii, 1285 pp.

"In these two volumes, readers will find comparative, in-depth essays on the press systems of 232 countries and/or territories. World Press Encyclopedia (WPE) is unique and valuable to users because, in addition to essays on each country’s press system, WPE also contains custommade graphs and stat ... more

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Medien und Informationstechnologie in der Arabischen Welt: Literatur seit 1995

Gerda Hansen

Hamburg: Deutsches Übersee-Institut (2002), 105 pp.

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The Press in Transition: A Comparative Study of Nicaragua, South Africa, Jordan and Russia

Adam Jones

Hamburg: Deutsches Übersee-Institut (2002), 524 pp.

"The press in transition" chronicles and evaluates the experiences of six press institutions in four markedly different media systems. The book adopts a comparative framing to explore press functioning worldwide, and to draw preliminary conclusions about the press in transition. At the heart of the ... more

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Public Health Communication: Evidence for Behaviour Change

Robert C. Hornik (ed.)

Mahwah, New Jers.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (2002), xv, 435 pp.

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Mass Media, Politics and Society in the Middle East

Kai Hafez (ed.)

Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press (2001), x, 249 pp.

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Environmental Education and Communication for a Sustainable World: Handbook for International Practitioners

Brian A. Day, Martha C. Monroe (eds.)

Washington, DC: GreenCOM (2000), xvii, 138 pp.

"Section One, Fundamental Concepts in Environmental Education and Communciation (EE&C) provides an orientation to four theoretical perspectives that have shaped GreenCOM’s approach to environmental education and communication projects: behavior change, participation, gender, and systems thinking. ... more

Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics Quick Overview

Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics
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