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Assessment of Media Legislation in Egypt

Krisztina Rozgonyi
MedMedia; European Union (2015), 24 pp.
"The legal framework for the changing media environment following the New Constitution still lacks the elements needed to protect the independence, transparency and accountability of the Egyptian media." (Introduction, page 5)
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Media Use in the Middle East 2015: A Six-Nation Survey

Everette E. Dennis, Justin D. Martin, Robb Wood
Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar (2015), 73 pp.
"Especially notable in the 2015 study is that most people access the internet on their phones rather than by laptop or desktop computers. That’s true in every country in our sample, except Egypt, where an ailing economy has slowed the adoption of new technologies common elsewhere in the region and ... more
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Assessment of Media Legislation in Jordan

Fabio del Alisal
MedMedia; European Union (2015), 27 pp.
"Legal changes are crucial to the development of a media capable of playing a democratic role in Jordan. This includes the lifting of licensing requirements, allowing full access to information and installing independent industry regulators." (Recommendations)
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Islamistische Medien: Vom Wahabismus über die Muslimbrüder zum Cyber-Dschihad

Asiem El Difraoui
In: Arabische Medien
Carola Richter, Asiem El Difraoui (eds.)
Konstanz; München: UVK (2015), pp. 117-128
"Fast alle Medien des weit gefassten islamistischen Spektrums sind mit Ausnahme einiger weniger kommerzieller TV-Sender und Publikationen komplett von der Finanzierung ihrer "Mutterorganisationen" oder ihnen wohlgesinnter, oftmals ausländischer Staaten abhängig und werden somit zu politischen Inst ... more
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Chaos and Control: The Competing Tensions of Internet Governance in Iran

James Marchant, Bronwen Robertson (eds.)
Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS); Small Media (2015), 52 pp.
"Some key findings from the report include: Iran's primary objective has been to challenge existing internet governance structures, most notably the United States' privileged position vis-à-vis the IANA and ICANN; it is too simplistic to say that Iran allies only with authoritarian countries on int ... more
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Les radios associatives et communautaires en Tunisie: Etat des lieux 2015

AMARC World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (2015), 51 pp.
"L’objectif de ce diagnostic est de mettre en lumière les derniers développements du secteur des radios communautaires et associatives tunisiennes, leurs points de force et les points de faiblesse. C’est aussi l’occasion pour avoir une vision globale sur l’approche des institutions qui rè ... more
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Panorama des médias en ligne: Algérie, Égypte, Jordanie, Liban, Maroc, Palestine, Syrie, Tunisie

Laurent Giacobino
Paris: CFI Coopération Médias (2015), 78 pp.
"La présente étude, menée entre juillet 2014 et janvier 2015, est basée sur plus de 45 entretiens approfondis, sur 130 candidatures reçues par CFI dans le cadre de sa compétition EBTICAR-Média1, soutenue par l’U.E., ainsi que sur l’analyse de nombreux rapports, articles et essais. Cette ... more
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Assessment of Media Development in Jordan: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators

Yahia Shukkeir, Dina Baslan, May Shalabieh, Sawsan Zaideh, Toby Mendel
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 239 pp.
"Democratic reform has been on the agenda in Jordan for decades and media reform has naturally been an important part of that debate. Over the quarter of a century since the restoration of parliamentary elections following the 1989 “April uprising” there have been important democratic gains, inc ... more
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Digital Technologies and the Evolving African Newsroom: Towards an African Digital Journalism Epistemology

Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara (ed.)
London: Routledge (2015), xi, 120 pp.
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The Media and Development

D+C: Development and Cooperation, volume 42, issue 1 (2015), pp. 10-29
"Democracy depends on a free press, independent TV and radio stations and controversy-rich online communication. Governments must therefore not only accept, but indeed facilitate independent journalism. Development agencies, moreover, can support the media in relevant ways. Donor institutions are di ... more
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Uncommon Grounds: New Media and Critical Practices in North Africa and the Middle East

Anthony Downey (ed.)
London; New York: Tauris (2014), 359 pp.
"Examining the opportunities presented by the real-time generation of new, relatively unregulated content online, Uncommon Grounds evaluates the prominent role that new media has come to play in artistic practices – and social movements – in the Arab world today. Analysing alternative forms of c ... more
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Protest per Handycam: Die Grüne Bewegung im Iran

Mareike Meis
Marburg: Tectum (2014), 131 pp.
"Die 'Grüne Bewegung', die Protestbewegung infolge der iranischen Präsidentschaftswahlen, machte im Sommer 2009 international Schlagzeilen. Das Mobiltelefon wurde dabei zum Symbol und zur Waffe des Volkes: Mit Handyfotos und -videos wurde das brutale Vorgehen der iranischen Machthaber gegen die Be ... more
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Making Real-Time Drama: The Political Economy of Cultural Production in Syria’s Uprising

Donatella Della Ratta
Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) (2014), 26 pp.
"In CARGC Paper 2, Della Ratta explored how one 2013 Syrian television serial, Wilada min al-Khasira [Birth from the Waist] responded in real time to unfolding events of the Syrian revolution. She argued that the serial offers a living site for scholarly reflection on how cultural production and the ... more
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The Mobile Economy Arab States

London: GSMA (2014), 72 pp.
"Mobile has scaled dramatically over recent years in the Arab States. The region’s mobile industry is one of the fastest growing globally, with over half of the population having subscribed to a mobile service at the end of 2013. This figure is forecast to reach almost 60% of the population by 202 ... more
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Wer erzählt? Fotografie und Macht

iz3w, issue 343 (2014), pp. 16-40
"Im Kontext einer nord-süd-politisch relevanten Information interessiert besonders die Frage der Repräsentation, der Klischeebildung, der Ermächtigung. Ein Foto kann empathisch aufmerksam machen oder zur Schau stellen, aber auch Nähe erzeugen, berühren. Nicht immer folgt auf eine gute Absicht e ... more
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Arab TV-Audiences: Negotiating Religion and Identity

Ehab Galal (ed.)
Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang (2014), 150 pp.
"Today the relations between Arab audiences and Arab media are characterised by pluralism and fragmentation. More than a thousand Arab satellite TV channels alongside other new media platforms are offering all kinds of programming. Religion has also found a vital place as a topic in mainstream media ... more
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Communication Rights and Social Justice: Historical Accounts of Transnational Mobilizations

Claudia Padovani, Andrew Calabrese (eds.)
Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xix, 358 pp.
"Communication Rights and Social Justice offers historical perspectives on struggles to use the instruments of state and political participation - power, inter-governmental treaties and declarations, and various forms of political advocacy and protest politics - to articulate the concept of communic ... more
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Global Citizenship in a Digital World

Sherri Hope Culver, Paulette Kerr (eds.)
Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media; Nordicom (2014), 404 pp.
"We are pleased to be sharing with you the second yearbook on media and information literacy and intercultural dialogue. The first MILID Yearbook was published in June 2013 [...] The theme of the 2014 Yearbook is Global Citizenship in a Digital World. Global citizenship assumes ease of participation ... more
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Mass Communication Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

UNHCR; REACH (2014), 5 pp.
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BBC Media Action’s Governance Research: Emerging Evidence and Learning

Josephine Casserly, Sara Elias, Zoe Fortune
London: BBC Media Action (2014), 57 pp.
"The paper synthesises findings from quantitative and qualitative data from across African, Asian and Middle Eastern countries. The second section draws on baseline data from Bangladesh, Burma, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories and Sierra Leone to explore the media and governance contex ... more