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Storytelling in World Cinemas. Vol. 1: Forms

Lina Khatib (ed.)

London; New York: Wallflower Press (2012), xi, 208 pp.

Mediated Public Diplomacy: Satellite TV News in the Arab World and Perception Effects

Shahira Fahmy, Wayne Wanta, Erik C. Nisbet

International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 8 (2012), pp. 728-749

"Using Entman’s work on mediated public diplomacy, the authors conducted an Arabic-language online survey of news consumers on Arab websites, including one US-funded media outlet. They examined factors leading to gaps in exposure and perceptions of credibility for three Arab news outlets. Specific ... more

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Forecasting and Observing: A Cross-Methodological Consideration of Internet and Mobile Phone Diffusion in the Egyptian Revolt

Jacob Groshek

International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 8 (2012), pp. 750-768

"This study examines the Egyptian revolt of January/February 2011 from two discrete perspectives. The first perspective is a contextual marker that takes into account long-term and forecast trends in democracy from 1952 through 2011. The second perspective reports the opinions and viewpoints of Egyp ... more

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New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders

Bronwyn T. Williams, Amy A. Zenger

New York: Routledge (2012), xiv, 219 pp.

"How do students' online literacy practices intersect with online popular culture? In this book scholars from a range of countries including Australia, Lebanon, Nepal, Qatar, South Africa, Turkey, and the United States illustrate and analyze how literacy practices that are mediated through and influ ... more

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Orbing Hate? Satellite Transponders and Free Expression

Monroe E. Price

In: The Content and Context of Hate Speech: Rethinking Regulation and Responses

Michael Herz; Peter Molnar (eds.)

Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 514-537

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Palestine Online: Transnationalism, the Internet and the Construction of Identity

Miriyam Aouragh

London; New York: Tauris, new paperback ed. (2012), xix, 272 pp.

"For Palestine's diaspora and exiled communities, the internet has become an important medium for the formation of Palestinian national and transnational identity. Miriyam Aouragh looks at the internet as both a space and an instrument for linking Palestinian diasporas in Palestine, Jordan and Leban ... more

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Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World

Daniel C. Hallin, Paolo Mancini (eds.)

Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), ix, 344 pp.

"Comparing Media Systems Beyond the Western World offers a broad exploration of the conceptual foundations for comparative analysis of media and politics globally. It takes as its point of departure the widely used framework of Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini's Comparing Media Systems, exploring ... more

The Handbook of Global Media Research

Ingrid Volkmer (ed.)

Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Blackwell (2012), 554 pp.

"Bringing together the perspectives of more than 40 internationally acclaimed authors, The Handbook of Global Media Research explores competing methodologies in the dynamic field of transnational media and communications, providing valuable insight into research practice in a globalized media landsc ... more

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Funding Guide for Arab Documentary Producers

Irit Neidhardt

Beirut: DOCmed;Euromed Audiovisual (2012), 66 pp.

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Patterns of News Media Consumption Among Young People in Libya

Mokhtar Elareshi, Barrie Gunter

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 4, issue 2 (2012), pp. 173-191

"The purpose of the study was to investigate patterns of major local and non-local news suppliers operating across a range of media – broadcast and print – and relationships between Libyan undergraduate students’ consumption of different news media platforms. A survey was administered to a sam ... more