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Assessment of Media Development in Palestine: Based on UNESCO's Media Development Indicators

Mohammed Hussein Abu Arqoub et al.
Paris: UNESCO (2014), 114 pp.
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Media Evolution on the Eve of the Arab Spring

Leila Hudson, Adel Iskandar, Mimi Kirk (eds.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xi, 285 pp.
"Media Evolution on the Eve of the Arab Spring brings together some of the most celebrated and respected names in Arab media research to reflect on the communication conditions that preceded and made the Arab uprisings possible." (Publisher description)
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Flags and Barriers: Essays on Reporting from Israel and Palestine

Vienna: International Press Institute (IPI) (2014), 35 pp.
"In the following short essays, journalists from Palestine and Israel were asked to reflect on how local media covers the conflict and other news. These pieces have been organized here into four broad sections. The first chapter explores different ways in which the news is skewed, especially Israeli ... more
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Seizing Opportunities: For Free and Independent Media Worldwide

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2014), 34 pp.
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Puppetry for All Times: Papers Presented at the Bali Puppetry Seminar 2013

Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof (ed.)
Singapore: Patridge (2014), 389 pp.
"The Puppetry for All Times Seminar held in September of 2013 in Ubud, Bali, was one of the most enchanting of events of its kind held anywhere in recent years. Its success revolved around the fantastic locale, the overwhelming response from performers as well as the paper presenters, and the genero ... more
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Drama as a Rhetorical Health Communication Strategy

Anat Gesser-Edelsburg
In: Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs
Do Kyun Kim, Arvind Singhal, Gary L. Kreps (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 134-150
"This chapter will present the rhetorical features that comprise the dramatic mechanism, and illustrate them through case studies of Israeli plays that raise diverse sensitive health subjects in Israel's multicultural society, such as violence against women, obesity, novice teen drivers, and illegal ... more
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Women and ICT in Africa and the Middle East: Changing Selves, Changing Societies

Ineke Buskens, Anne Webb (eds.)
London: Zed Books (2014), 338 pp.
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Entertainment Media Use in the Middle East: A Six-Nation Survey

Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar (2014), 122 pp.
"Entertainment Media Use in the Middle East is the result of survey research in six Arab nations involving more than 6,000 face-to-face interviews in nationally representative samples—citizens and expatriates alike—and conducted in Arabic, English and French. The result is a portrait of how peop ... more
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Qatar Between Marketing and Realpolitik

Gidon Windecker, Peter Sendrowicz
KAS International Reports, issue 1 (2014), pp. 83-102
"Qatar remains a vulnerable micro-state wedged between its large neighbours, Saudi Arabia and Iran. In the long-term this cannot be gilded by its smart advertising strategy. Long-term success can only be achieved with a labour market that is not dependent on gas revenues and a qualified local workfo ... more
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The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Postconflict Reconstruction

Tim Kelly, David Souter
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), 99 pp.
"Examines how policymakers, the donor community, and the private sector have prioritized and sequenced ICT initiatives in the aftermath of conflict. Case studies look at countries at different stages of post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan, Liberia, Rwanda and Timor-Leste, and postrevolution ... more
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Entertainment Media Use in Qatar: Survey Results

Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar (2014), 15 pp.
"This publication covers attitudes toward, and behavior pertaining to, entertainment media among residents in Qatar [...] These results suggest notable differences among the nationalities living in Qatar with regard to their attitudes, preferences and behaviors related to entertainment media. In man ... more
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Ägyptische Blogs und ihre Bedeutung bei der Schaffung einer Gegenöffentlichkeit im Arabischen Frühling

Marco Rustemeyer
Berlin; Münster: Lit (2014), 129 pp.
"Das Buch konzentriert sich auf den Aspekt des möglichen Einsatzes von Blogs zur Schaffung einer Gegenöffentlichkeit. Dazu werden englischsprachige, ägyptische Blogs untersucht, die während der Revolte gegen das Mubarak-Regime erstellt wurden. Zentral ist dabei die Frage, ob und wie ägyptische ... more
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Ein Hauch von Jasmin: Die deutsche Islamberichterstattung vor, während und nach der Arabischen Revolution - eine quantitative und qualitative Medieninhaltsanalyse

Janis Brinkmann
Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag (2014), 305 pp.
"Die Darstellung des Islam in der deutschen Presse ist seit vielen Jahren problematisch: Die Mehrheit der Artikel und Beiträge über die islamische Welt sind von Negativthemen, Elitenzentrierung sowie von Stereotypen, Vorurteilen und Feindbildern verzerrt. Aufbauend auf grundlegenden Studien zur Au ... more
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Broadband Networks in the Middle East and North Africa: Accelerating High-Speed Internet Access

Natalija Gelvanovska, Michel Rogy, Carlo Maria Rossotto
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), xxi, 192 pp.
"[This publication] re-emphasizes the important contribution that broadband Internet can make and assesses the status of existing infrastructure in at least 18 MENA countries. While there is significant potential across the region, the take-up of broadband Internet has been slow and the price of bro ... more
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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: War Coverage and Peace Journalism

Wilhelm Kempf, Dov Shinar
Berlin: Regener (2014), 362 pp.
"Using the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a natural laboratory for studying possibilities and limitations of constructive conflict coverage, the present book combines a longitudinal retrospective look at the coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with experimental research on audience reactio ... 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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Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance

Yusuf Kalyango, David H. Mould (eds.)
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), 283 pp.
"Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance provides an overview of new and traditional media in their political, economic and cultural contexts while exploring the role of journalism practice and media education. The authors examine media systems in 16 countries, including China, Russia a ... more
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Mass Communication in Israel: Nationalism, Globalization, and Segmentation

Oren Soffer
Oxford; New York: Berghahn (2014), 238 pp.
"Mass communication has long been recognized as an important contributor to national identity and nation building. This book examines the relationship between media and nationalism in Israel, arguing that, in comparison to other countries, the Israeli case is unique. It explores the roots and evolut ... more
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Die orientalischen Christen: Eine unterdrückte und verfolgte Minderheit

Heinz Finger, Werner Wessel (eds.)
Rudolf Solzbacher; Nadim K. Ammann (collab.)
Köln: Erzbischöfliche Diözesan- und Dombibliothek (2014), 361 pp.
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Filmbilder des Islam

Stefan Orth, Michael Staiger, Joachim Valentin (eds.)
Marburg: Schüren (2014), 250 pp.
"Im Mittelpunkt dieses Bandes steht die Thematisierung des Islam im zeitgenössischen Spielfilm: konkret das Aufeinanderprallen von islamischer und westlicher Kultur, sowohl im arabischen Raum, in der Türkei oder im Nahen Osten als auch in Westeuropa. Im Zentrum steht damit auch das Spannungsfeld z ... more