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Offenes Ohr und starke Stimme

Sebastian Drescher

welt-sichten, issue 12 (2016), pp. 56-57

"Junge Frauen machen in Irakisch-Kurdistan ein Radioprogramm für Flüchtlinge. Tabuthemen kennen sie keine - Tratsch und Klatsch kommen auch nicht zu kurz." (Seite 56)

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Investigative Journalism in the Arab World: Issues and Challenges

Saba Bebawi

London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), x, 175 pp.

"This is the first book that looks into the state and role of investigate journalism in the Arab world. It explores the vital role the media could potentially play in informing and empowering society, to assist in opening up the communicative space in a region where this has previously been taboo." ... more

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Wie Staaten schwach werden: Fragilität von Staaten als internationale Herausforderung

Kai Hirschmann

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2016), 264 pp.

"Der Zerfall von Staaten ist eine wesentliche Bedrohung für die Bürger der betroffenen Länder und für die internationale Sicherheit. Wenn ein Staat seine essenziellen Aufgaben nicht mehr erfüllen kann, versuchen andere Akteure diese Lücken zu schließen. Aber wie kommt es dazu, dass Nationalst ... more

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Syria Audience Research 2016

Anke Fiedler, Bart Veenstra, Dirk Spilker

Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT);Free Press Unlimited (2016), 82 pp.

"In Syria, television is the dominant media type with high usage and availability rates in all areas studied. Television is followed by online media, print media, and finally radio. Media aligned with the Syrian government are leading in government-controlled areas, and opposition-aligned media are ... more

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Religious TV

In: Media Industries in the Middle East 2016

Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar;Doha Film Institute (2016), pp. 162-169

"Religious channels in the MENA region are approximately 10 percent of all free-to-air (FTA) channels from 2012 to 2014. This is a relatively high share compared to many markets outside the region, such as the U.K., where religious channels only represent one percent of FTA channels. Religious chann ... more

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Ramadan TV

In: Media Industries in the Middle East 2016

Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar;Doha Film Institute (2016), pp. 152-161

"Television executives and producers are busy for 11 months of the year, preparing for the do-or-die one-month television season: Ramadan. This ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar is at once a period of religious devotion and a time for the television industry’s best productions. It is a tim ... more

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Media Industries in the Middle East 2016
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Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar;Doha Film Institute (2016), 174 pp.

"This report contains the collected, examined, and produced information on the fundamental characteristics of the media and communication industries, whenever possible, in the MENA region as a whole. It typically includes 14 countries from Mauritania on the Atlantic Ocean to Oman on the Arab Gulf. F ... more

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Social Media in the Arab World: Communication and Public Opinion in the Gulf States

Barrie Gunter, Mokhtar Elareshi, Khalid Al-Jaber (eds.)

London: Tauris (2016), xv, 258 pp.

"Following the Arab Spring, the use of social media has become instrumental in organising activist movements and spreading political dissent in the Middle East. New online behaviours have transformed traditional communication channels, enabling young people of all backgrounds to feel politically emp ... more

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Thirty Rising Media Markets 2016

Anne Austin, Jonathan Barnard, Nicola Hutcheon

London: ZenithOptimedia (2016), 51 pp.

"The markets we do include are a very diverse bunch, from the very closed and politically tightly controlled such as Laos; through a large number of nations on the African continent which have seen a sudden improvement in digital infrastructure thanks to the landing of several new submarine intercon ... more

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Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age
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Ulla Carlsson (ed.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), 199 pp.

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Journalism in Conflict and Post-Conflict Conditions: Worldwide Perspectives
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Kristin Skare Orgeret, William Tayeebwa (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom;UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression, Media Development and Global Policy (2016), 202 pp.

"The aim of the present book is to provide both empirical and theoretical input to the discussions of the role of journalism and media in conflict and post-conflict situations and in the often rather muddy waters between them. Together, the contributions to this book from different parts of the worl ... more

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Shape shifting in the conflict zone: The strategic performance of gender in war reporting

Lindsay Palmer, Jad Melki

Journalism Studies, volume 19, issue 1 (2016), pp. 126-142

"The war journalist is often portrayed as a ruggedly masculine individual who survives on hard work, self-sufficiency, and heroic dedication to the truth in a stoic culture and dangerous environment. Yet, the growing number of female war journalists subtly complicates this traditional narrative. Fem ... more

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Civil Society, Political Activism and Communications in Democratisation Conflicts: A Literature Review

Rebecca Pointer, Tanja Bosch, Wallace Chuma, Herman Wasserman

Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2016), 35 pp.

"Given that the nature of civil society in different countries is different, and also often shifting in response to political changes, examining the relationship between civil society and media production (mainstream and alternative) in Egypt, Kenya, Serbia and South Africa involves being sensitive ... more

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Public Service Media Initiatives in the Global South

Anis Rahman, Gregory Ferrell Lowe (eds.)

Burnaby: Simon Fraser University Library (2016), xiii, 131 pp.

"While acknowledging the significant contributions of the public service broadcasting heritage in the Global North in efforts to establish such provision in the Global South, the contributors explain why simple imitation is unlikely to ever work well enough across such a diverse range of countries a ... more

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Harnessing the Potential of ICTs: Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets and Computers. Case Studies from the UNESCO Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase)
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Ulrike Hanemann, Cassandra Scarpino (eds.)

Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2nd ed. (2016), 159 pp.

"This publication provides a selection of literacy programmes that use radio, TV, mobile phones, tablets and computers to support the development of literacy, numeracy and language skills. Due to continuous demand, the second edition of the publication has been updated with new case studies. All pro ... more

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Hate Speech: Key Concept Paper

Charlotte Elliott, Wallace Chuma, Yosra El Gendi, Davor Marko, Alisha Patel

Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2016), 35 pp.

"Instead of seeking to provide an objective definition of hate speech, the paper’s empirical approach highlights that context matters. More specifically, analysis of the political and socio-economic context in which the speech act occurs and consideration of the nature of the speaker and audience ... more

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Freedom on the Net 2016. Silencing the Messenger: Communication Apps Under Pressure
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Sanja Kelly, Mai Truong, Adrian Shahbaz, Madeline Earp (eds.)

Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2016), 1021 pp.

"Internet freedom has declined for the sixth consecutive year, with more governments than ever before targeting social media and communication apps as a means of halting the rapid dissemination of information, particularly during antigovernment protests. Public-facing social media platforms like Fac ... more

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SAT-7: A Case Study of a Christian Satellite-TV Network in an Arab and Islamic Context

Leif Ørjan Thingbø

University of Oslo, Department of Media and Communications, Master Thesis in Media Studies (2016), 127 pp.

"This case study investigates SAT-7 – a Christian independent satellite-TV network – in its context – the Middle East and North Africa – with a majority of Islamic inhabitants and traditions. It examines and describes what the actual implemented strategy is in order to do the daily work of S ... more

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Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2016. Top Trends and Data from the Past 12 Months

Damian Radcliffe

[author] (2016), 16 pp.

"This report is the fifth in a series of annual reports designed to capture key developments and data related to usage of social media in the Middle East. The past year has seen the continued growth of visual-led social networks, especially in the more affluent Gulf region. Meanwhile, the discernibl ... more

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Media Use in the Middle East 2016: A Six-Nation Survey

Everette E. Dennis, Justin D. Martin, Robb Wood

Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar (2016), 110 pp.

"It is too often assumed anyone can communicate via the internet or share in the benefits of easily available newspapers and free-to-air television or radio; this is not always true. Lower internet penetration and mobile broadband access in countries like Egypt and Tunisia, for example, stand in sha ... more

Media Industries in the Middle East 2016 Top Insights

Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age Top Insights

Journalism in Conflict and Post-Conflict Conditions: Worldwide Perspectives Top Insights

Harnessing the Potential of ICTs: Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets and Computers. Case Studies from the UNESCO Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase) Inspiring Practice

Freedom on the Net 2016. Silencing the Messenger: Communication Apps Under Pressure Top Insights

Media Industries in the Middle East 2016
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Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age
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Journalism in Conflict and Post-Conflict Conditions: Worldwide Perspectives
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Harnessing the Potential of ICTs: Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets and Computers. Case Studies from the UNESCO Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase)
Inspiring Practice

Freedom on the Net 2016. Silencing the Messenger: Communication Apps Under Pressure
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