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La radio en Afrique au XXIe siècle: Mutations et enjeux

Étienne Damome (dir.)
RadioMorphoses, issue 3 (2018), pp. 2-79
"Introduite dès les années 1930 sur les terres africaines et durablement ancrée au lendemain de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, la radio s’est peu à peu adaptée à l’environnement culturel, social et politique africain. Ses évolutions successives ont suivi la courbe des mutations culturelles ... more
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EU Medmedia: Vers une réforme du secteur des médias dans la région du Sud de la Méditerranée. Résultats
Deep Insights

MedMedia (2018), 24 pp.
"Développé dans le cadre d’un programme de 17 M d’euros financé par l’Union européenne intitulé « Médias et Culture pour le développement du sud de la Méditerranée », MedMedia a été mis en oeuvre de janvier 2014 à mai 2018. Ce programme a offert aux décideurs politiques, aux org ... more
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Les médias face aux crises libyenne et syrienne

David Rannou
Paris: L'Harmattan (2018), 267 pp.
"L’objet de ce livre est de décrire le système médiatique français et sa manière de traiter les conflits libyen et syrien à l’aune du « modèle de propagande » mis sur pied par Edward Hermann et Noam Chomsky dans les années 1980, dans leur ouvrage de référence Manufacturing Consent. A ... more
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Quel destin pour les minorités au Proche-Orient? Regards sur la diversité culturelle et religieuse en Irak, au Liban et en Syrie

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France: CFI; NASEEJ (2018), 30 pp.
"Les médias reflètent-ils les sociétés telles qu’elles sont aujourd’hui ou bien ne reflètent-ils que les tendances majoritaires ? Comment mettre en lumière les différences et les particularismes sans encourager le communautarisme et contribuer aux divisions ? Le rôle des médias est-il d ... more
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Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice

Sandra Ristovska, Monroe Price (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xvii, 320 pp.
"Visual Imagery and Human Rights Practice examines the interplay between images and human rights, addressing how, when, and to what ends visuals are becoming a more central means through which human rights claims receive recognition and restitution. The collection argues that accounting for how imag ... more
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De-Centring Western Enlightenment: Revisionist Histories, Contestation and Communication Theory

Shakuntala Banaji (ed.)
Javnost: The Public, volume 25, issue 4 (2018), pp. 333-440
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Sinai People’s Perceptions of Self-Image Portrayed by the Egyptian Media: A Multidimensional Approach

Alamira Samah Saleh
In: Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change
Jan Servaes (ed.)
Singapore: Springer (2018), 16 pp.
"This chapter sought to analyze the portrayals of Sinai people in the Egyptian media as it pertains to the people themselves. It started by giving the reader an overview of the current Sinai’s social, security, and economic status quo and structures. Then, it examined how image building could be o ... more
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Digital Activism Survey on Palestinian Civil Society Organizations: A Questionnaire on Performance, Challenges and Needs

Maha Bader
Haifa: 7amleh – Arab Center for Social Media Advancement (2018), 67 pp.
"The results of the questionnaire showed that most Palestinian organizations do think about and deal with media work in general. Since ninety-three percent of the organizations surveyed were already dealing with media, while 58% employed at least one person in a specialist position. Only 32% had a s ... more
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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2018

Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank; ITU (2018), vi, 240 pp.
"In 2016, there were more than 7.3 billion mobile-cellular subscriptions worldwide. Globally, 3.5 billion people were using the Internet, of which 2.5 billion were from developing countries. Mobile-broadband subscriptions have risen constantly to reach 3.6 billion, while the number of fixed-broadban ... more
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Media Ownership Monitor Lebanon

Reporters Without Borders; Samir Kassir Foundation (2018), 1323 pp.
"The seemingly buzzing Lebanese media market is, in fact, controlled by only a few highly politicized owners that are either directly affiliated with political parties or belong to Lebanese dynasties. Additional threats to media pluralism arise from clear editorial lines defined by politics, close t ... more
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The Work of Women’s NGOs on Commercial Radio in the West Bank: Frustrations and Shortcomings

Emma Heywood
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 16, issue 1 (2018), pp. 59-75
"This article examines the work of women’s non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on West Bank radio as they represent women, a marginalized community, within a patriarchal, traditional and religious society. It also examines the commercial and societal difficulties faced by radio stations in their ... more
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Managing for Sustainable Journalism Under Authoritarianism: Innovative Business Models Aimed at Good Practice

Naomi Sakr
In: What is Sustainable Journalism? Integrating the Environmental, Social, and Economic Challenges of Journalism
Peter Berglez, Ulrika Olausson, Mart Ots (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), pp. 295-313
"Entrepreneurship and innovation are currently high on the media industry agenda, but focus has so far been mostly on the economic sustainability of new ventures. Considering the repressive political climate in Egypt, Naomi Sakr explores the tension between economic growth and the ethical, democrati ... more
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Media Startups in Lebanon

Ali Rammal, Tony Mikhael, Nisrine Salhab, Roula Mikhael, Hussein Sheri
Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; Maharat Foundation (2018), 30 pp.
"There are 372 online media websites registered with the National Media Council; some are non-operational, while others use very basic design and graphics. They are also similar to existing media companies in terms of adopting a traditional economic, administrative and editorial model. In fact, ther ... more
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Recherche - étude sur l’avenir de la presse écrite en Tunisie

Michel Leroy, Chokri Ben Nessir, Mohamed Torgeman
Media Up Programme d’Appui aux Médias Tunisiens (2018), 136 pp.
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Hören, Sehen, Staunen: Kulturgeschichte des mündlichen Erzählens

Johannes Merkel
Hildesheim; Zürich; New York: Georg Olms Verlag, 2. überarb. und erw. Aufl. (2018), 598 pp.
"Beim Stichwort „mündliches Erzählen“ denkt man hierzulande vor allem an „Märchen“, kurze und wundersame Erzählungen der Landbevölkerung vergangener Zeiten. Tatsächlich aber kannten alle Kulturen raffinierte Erzählkünste, die häufig auch Schriftliteratur und Theater inspirierten. Au ... more
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Digital Inclusion: An International Comparative Analysis

Massimo Ragnedda, Bruce Mutsvairo, Gerard Goggin (eds.)
Lanham: Lexington Books (2018), xx, 223 pp.
"The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink ... more
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How do non-governmental organizations influence media coverage of conflict? The case of the Syrian conflict, 2011–2014

Christoph O. Meyer, Eric Sangar, Eva Michaels
Media, War & Conflict, volume 11, issue 1 (2018), pp. 149-171
"It is often argued that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly visible in media discourses on armed conflict and thus play a growing role in shaping states’ foreign policies. However, there is little investigation of their influence on specific conflict coverage and what t ... more
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Representations of Africa in African Media: The Case of the Darfur Violence

African Affairs, volume 117, issue 466 (2018), pp. 44-61
"This article examines representation of the conflict in Darfur by the media in Kenya, South Africa, Egypt and Rwanda. It analyses 850 newspaper articles published from 2003 to 2008 and journalist interviews from Kenya and South Africa. Using Mbembe’s articulation of ‘meaningful acts’ and Bour ... more
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What Role Can Drama Play in Conflict? A Radio Drama for Syria: Qualitative Research Findings

Sally Gowland
London: BBC Media Action (2018), 5 pp.
"Against the backdrop of the war in Syria BBC Media Action produced and broadcast 150 episodes of the radio drama Hay el Matar (Airport District) between 2015 and 2017. Funded by the European Commission as part of a broader project aiming to help build an open and inclusive society in Syria, the dra ... more
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Final Evaluation: Gender Sensitive Public Communication Project

Melike Karlidag, Bérangère Pineau Soukkarieh
Search for Common Ground (2018), 68 pp.
"The Gender Sensitive Public Communications Project was implemented by Search for Common Ground in Lebanon, together with its local partner Abaad, with an aim to promote women’s participation in politics through the production of gender sensitive television drama and short films. Specifically, the ... more