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Traitement mediatique des questions relatives aux personnes vulnerables

Centre Africain de Perfectionnement des Journalistes et Communicateurs (CAPJC);Media Up Programme d’Appui aux Médias Tunisiens (2020), 91 pp.

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Needs Assessment of Independent Media in the Neighbourhood: A Summary of the Report Produced for the European Commission’s DG NEAR

Marek Bekerman, Michael Randall, Monir Zaarour et al.

Manchester: University of Salford (2020), 19 pp.

"This summary presents the top-level findings of an eight-month research project aimed at assessing the needs of independent media in the EU Neighbourhood (East and South). The study was carried out by four international experts who visited 11 of the 16 partner countries and conducted interviews wit ... more

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Watching Television While Forcibly Displaced: Syrian Refugees as Participant Audiences

Katty Alhayek

Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 17, issue 1 (2020), pp. 8-28

"In this article, I explore how Syrian refugees and internally displaced people are using social media to reshape interpretations of their own status through their engagement with quality TV texts that tackle the refugee crisis. I focus on the discourse surrounding the Syrian Television Drama series ... more

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RCCE Strategies to Overcome COVID-19 Fatigue in the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa

Institute of Development Studies (2020), 16 pp.

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A Web of Impunity: The Killings Iran's Internet Shutdown Hid

Amnesty International (2020), 9 pp.

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Civil Society in the Digital Age in Africa: Identifying Threats and Mounting Pushbacks

Hlengiwe Dube, Maristella A. Simiyu, Tomiwa Ilori

Pretoria; Kampala: Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria;CIPESA (2020), 78 pp.

"The report documents the threats to civil society in the digital age by examining the legislative and regulatory framework in four countries in Africa: Egypt, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia. These countries were selected from the four main geographic regions of Africa, in order to provide a sense ... more

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Fake news: Acceptance by demographics and culture on social media

Giselle Rampersad, Turki Althiyabi

Journal of Information Technology & Politics, volume 17, issue 1 (2020), pp. 1-11

"Fake news has trumped up attention across cultures from the United States Elections to the Arab Spring. While political marketers have long used the language of fear and persuasion in their messaging, social media has intensified its impact. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence ... more

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Theorising Media and Conflict

Philipp Budka, Birgit Bräuchler (eds.)

New York; Oxford: Berghahn (2020), x, 339 pp.

"Theorising Media and Conflict is the result of a joint and interdisciplinary effort to set the theoretical and empirical agenda in theorising upon the complex relationship between media and conflict. By considering the theorisation work accomplished by the ‘Anthropology of Media’ series forerun ... more

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Libya Social Media Monitoring Report: Main Findings

Democracy Reporting International;ZINC Network (2020), 10 pp.

"This report presents our main findings from eleven months of social media monitoring. We identify the main narratives of online discourse and their key drivers, as well as the weaknesses of Libya’s social media landscape — and how to address them." (Summary)

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Independent Media in Lebanon: Content Analysis and Public Appeal

Jaber Bakr, Karim Safieddine, Jad Safwan, Nada Sleiman

Friedrich Naumann Stiftung;Samir Kassir Foundation (2020), 54 pp.

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Leading Protests in the Digital Age: Youth Activism in Egypt and Syria

Billur Aslan Ozgul

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xiii, 244 pp.

"This book explores in detail new protest organisation and mobilisation strategies of young activists in the digital age with the aim to identify the tactics that worked well against those creating high risks in the context of digitally supported protests. Focusing on Egyptian protests as well as pe ... more

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Muslim Preaching in the Middle East and Beyond: Historical and Contemporary Case Studies

Simon Stjernholm, Elisabeth Özdalga (eds.)

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2020), x, 214 pp.

"Preaching has been central to Muslim communities throughout the centuries. The liturgical Friday sermon is a prime example, although other genres that are less commonly known also serve important functions. This book addresses the ways in which Muslims relate various forms of religious oratory to a ... more

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Implementation Report on Projects, Part II: Projects Approved by the 62nd Meeting of the IPDC Bureau (May 2018) and Implemented in 2018-2019

Paris: UNESCO (2020), 243 pp.

"This document reports on the implementation of projects approved by the 62nd meeting of the IPDC Bureau (May 2018) and implemented in 2018-2019. It is meant for the information of the IPDC Bureau Members and donors." (Page 1)

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Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends

Thomas L. McPhail, Steven Phipps

Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 5th ed. (2020), ix, 311 pp.

"[This book] has been thoroughly updated with new content, trends, and conclusions, all based on the latest data. The book examines broadcasting, mass media, and news services ranging from MSNBC, MTV, and CNN to television sitcoms and Hollywood export markets. It investigates the roles of the major ... more

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Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories

Michael Butter, Peter Knight (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2020), xx, 680 pp.

"Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories provides a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories as an important social, cultural and political phenomenon in contemporary life. This handbook provides the most complete analysis of the phenomenon ... more

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Political Parallelism in Transitional Media Systems: The Case of Libya

Anja Wollenberg, Carola Richter

International Journal of Communication, volume 14 (2020), pp. 1173-1193

"Among the media systems in transitional countries of the Middle East and North Africa, political parallelism has become a widespread feature that has both promoted and undermined the transition to democracy. Political parallelism refers to structural ties between media organizations and political a ... more

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Journalism and Media Education in Times of Conflict: Three Cases from the Arab Region

Rasha Allam, Salma El Ghetany

Arab Media & Society, issue 29 (2020), pp. 43-54

"This paper examines the journalism and media education programs in three countries in the Arab region (Libya, Syria, Yemen) that have been or are still in the throes of civil wars and/or polarization along conflicting political ideologies and control of different geographical zones. Based on an onl ... more

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"We Might Call You in at Any Time": Free Speech Under Threat in Iraq

Belkis Wille

New York: Human Rights Watch (2020), 50 pp.

"In this report, Human Rights Watch documents 33 cases between 2016 and 2020 in which authorities in areas controlled by the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have arrested, brought charges against, and sentenced journalists, activists, and other dissenting voices under ... more

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Analyzing Journalist Perceptions of Democracy and State Corruption: The Case of Iraq

Haitham Numan

Arab Media & Society, issue 29 (2020), pp. 1-22

"The paper argues that journalists' perceptions of their role in challenging corruption and developing democracy will give us some insight into Iraq's "crisis of democracy". The theory of democratic participation focuses on the centrality of media and communication institutions, founded on the princ ... more

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Palestinian Youth Activism in the Internet Age: Online and Offline Social Networks After the Arab Spring

Albana S. Dwonch

London et al.: Tauris (2020), xxiii, 198 pp.

"Since the Arab uprisings of 2011, Palestinian youth movements have formed unofficial and leaderless networks of political activism, using the internet to mobilise and bring together three generations of Palestinian activists. This book focuses on three key case studies that have marked a turning po ... more