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Social Media in the Arab World: Influencing Societal and Cultural Change?

Fadi Salem, Racha Mourtada

Arab Social Media Report (Dubai School of Government), volume 2, issue 1 (2012), 29 pp.

"In this fourth issue of the report, we focus on exploring the societal and cultural transformations taking place in the Arab region, influenced by the continuing exponential growth of social media. In this edition of the report we provide regional statistics on more social networking platforms, in ... more

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Global Survey on Internet Privacy and Freedom of Expression

Andrew Puddephatt, Toby Mendel, Ben Wagner, Dixie Hawtin, Natalia Torres

Paris: UNESCO (2012), 142 pp.

"This publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances. The publication maps out the issues in the current regulatory landscape of Internet privacy from the viewpoint ... more

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Media-Conflict-Migration: The Conflict Potential of the Media Coverage Regarding Migration from the Countries of the Arab Spring to Europe

Daniele Saracino

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2012), 25 pp.

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Footprints of the Global South: Venesat-1 and RascomQAF/1R as Counter-Hegemonic Satellites

Lisa Parks

In: The Handbook of Global Media Research

Ingrid Volkmer (ed.)

Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), pp. 123-142

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The Media Landscape in 28 Countries: Results from a UIS Pilot Survey

Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2012), 84 pp.

"This paper presents the results of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) pilot survey on media statistics conducted in 28 countries in 2011. The survey instruments were designed to provide an initial set of quantitative indicators identified by UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators project. G ... more

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Multiple Modernities and Mass Communications in Muslim Countries

Masoud Kamali

Global Media and Communication, volume 8, issue 3 (2012), pp. 243-268

"This article critically explores the shortcomings of the West-centric theory of singular modernity. By focusing on the modern transformation of mass communication in Muslim countries, it argues that both traditional means of mass communication, such as manbars, and modern media, such as newspapers ... more

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Clicks, Cabs, and Coffee Houses: Social Media and Oppositional Movements in Egypt, 2004–2011

Merlyna Lim

Journal of Communication, volume 62 (2012), pp. 231-248

"To deepen our understanding of the relationship between social media and political change during the Egyptian uprising of early 2011, events in Tahrir Square must be situated in a larger context of media use and recent history of online activism. For several years, the most successful social moveme ... more

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Attacks on the Press in 2011: A Worldwide Survey

Bill Sweeney (ed.)

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2012), 451 pp.

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Mediating Cultural Diversity in a Globalised Public Space

Isabelle Rigoni, Eugénie Saitta (ed.)

Basingstoke et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xv, 172 pp.

"Through enhancing reflection on the treatment of cultural diversity in contemporary Western societies, this collection aims to move the debate beyond the opposition between ethnicity and citizenship and demonstrate ways to achieve equality in multicultural and globalised societies." (Publisher desc ... more

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Satellite Jamming in Iran: A War Over Airwaves

Small Media (2012), 71 pp.

"This report has established that the jamming of Persian-language satellite TV channels is endemic in Iran, and is having adverse effects on both broadcasters and viewers alike. In Iran, satellite television is one of the few sources of news, entertainment, and commentary not controlled by the count ... more

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The Potential of Foreign News as International Development Communication

Bella Mody

Nordicom Review, volume 33, issue Special Issue (2012), pp. 45-58

"This article investigates what the news says about inequity-driven civil wars and economic underdevelopment. Dewey argued that the lack of causal knowledge that distinguishes between symptoms and root causes would limit potential effective and transformative public action. Political scientists have ... more

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Shooting War or Peace Photographs? An Examination of Newswires’ Coverage of the Conflict in Gaza (2008-2009)

Shahira Fahmy, Rico Neumann

American Behavioral Scientist, volume 56, issue 2 (2012), pp. NP1-NP26

"According to Galtung, a peace journalism frame is one that highlights peace initiatives and tones down differences by promoting conflict resolution. A war journalism frame, in his view, is one that highlights differences between opposing parties, urging violence as means to a resolution. Thus, base ... more

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New Media and Islam

M. Alwi Dahlan

In: Asian Communication Handbook

Sundeep R. Muppidi (eds.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2012), pp. 35-46

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BBG Research Series Briefing: Iran Media Use 2012

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2012), 30 slides

"State media will continue to play a critical role in Iran. The audience for external media platforms is large and will remain so absent any significant reforms in domestic media. Attitudes towards specific media outlets are rarely uni-dimensional, and few enjoy unqualified trust. Satellite TV remai ... more

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Les cinémas du Maghreb et leurs publics

Patricia Caillé, Florence Martin (eds.)

Paris: L'Harmattan (2012), 344 pp.

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Using Social Media to Gauge Iranian Public Opinion and Mood After the 2009 Election

Sara Beth Elson, Douglas Yeung, Parisa Roshan, S. R. Bohandy, Alireza Nader

Santa Monica, Calif. et al.: RAND Corporation (2012), xxi, 86 pp.

"This report presents an analysis of Iranian public opinion and mood as expressed over Twitter in the nine months following the election. The research represents an initial case study of a novel methodology developed to analyze politically oriented social media content. In addition to policy-relevan ... more

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La mission de service public audiovisuel dans la région Maghreb/Machrek: Rapport régional

Paris; Bellaterra: Panos Paris;Observatori Mediterrani de la Comunicació (OMEC) (2012), 285 pp.

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The World News Prism: Challenges of Digital Communication

William A. Hachten, James F. Scotton

Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 8th ed. (2012), xi, 249 pp.

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Depending on the Media: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process in Cross-National Opinions

Yakubu Ozohu-Suleiman, Ahmad Ishak Sidin

SEARCH: Journal of the South East Asia Research Centre for Communication and Humanities, volume 4, issue 2 (2012), pp. 21-40

"This study examines the relationship between viewers' dependence on major international news media and their opinions on how core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be resolved. The study is premised on the theoretical assumption that Media System Dependency (MSD) can be helpful as a ... more

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Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) in North Africa and the Middle East

Paris: Panos Paris (2012), 263 pp.