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The Geography of Foreign News on Television: A Comparative Study of 17 Countries

Jürgen Wilke, Christine Heimprecht, Akiba Cohen

International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 4 (2012), pp. 301-322

"The project investigated foreign TV news in 17 countries from five regions in the world: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United States of America. The data of the content analysis in all ... more

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Support to Media Where Media Freedoms and Rights Are Constrained: What Works and Why? Global Synthesis Report

Mary Myers

London: BBC Media Action (2012), 32 pp.

"This report addresses the challenges of supporting independent media in countries where media freedoms are restricted, based on country case studies in Bangladesh, Cambodia, South Sudan, Syria and Uganda. According to Myers, the dilemmas of foreign support include short-term donor strategies, the l ... more

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Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media: Framework of Indicators to Gauge Sensitivity in Media Operations and Content

Paris: UNESCO (2012), 183 pp.

"The gender-sensitive indicators for media (GSIM) is a non-prescriptive set of indicators, designed particularly for media of all forms. However it bears much relevance and usefulness to citizens' media groups advocating for gender equality, other non-governmental organizations, media associations, ... more

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Der Nahe Osten in hundert Köpfen: Biografische Skizzen zu Zeitgeschichte und Gegenwart

Daniel Gerlach, Christian H. Meier (eds.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), 211 pp.

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Atlas des pays arabes: Des révolutions à la démocratie?

Mathieu Guidère

Lynne Franjié (collab.);Levasseur, Claire

Paris: Autrement (2012), 96 pp.

"Plus de 120 cartes et chronologies originales pour découvrir le monde arabe, son histoire et ses révolutions. Le développement de l'identité musulmane et de la culture arabe en quatorze siècles d'histoire. Les problématiques ethniques et religieuses peuvent-elles empêcher la transition démo ... more

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Syria Crisis: Humanitarian Information Needs Assessment - Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan

Jacobo Quintanilla

Arcata, Calif.; London: Internews (2012), 17 pp.

"Internews surveyed more than 120 Syrian refugees in Zaatari camp, asking a set of 30 questions about information needs, sources, and trust levels. Additionally, 20 in-depth key informant interviews were conducted with humanitarian workers and media professionals in Jordan and in Beirut, Lebanon. As ... more

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Middle East Conflict 2.0: Israelis and Palestinians Between Virtual Conflict and Online Peace

Judith Daemberg

KAS International Reports, issue 11 (2012), pp. 6-20

"The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is increasingly being played out in parallel on the internet. Recently, a great deal of media attention has been devoted to a series of spectacular hacker attacks that caused dozens of Israeli and Palestinian websites to crash, including thos ... more

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Diásporas, migrações, tecnologias da comunicação e identidades transnacionais;Diásporas, migraciones, tecnologías de la comunicación e identidades transnacionales;Diaspora, Migration, Communication Technologies and Transnational Identities;Diasporas, migrations, technologies de la communication et identités transnationales

Denise Cogo, Mohammed ElHajji, Amparo Huertas (eds.)

Barcelona: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut de la Comunicació (InCom-UAB) (2012), 527 pp.

"While the empirical emphasis of this book is on diasporic groups and their experiences with mainly new communication technologies, the topic is embedded in a broader set of questions that inform social sciences today. The book speaks to and analyses convergence cultures, community building, transna ... more

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The Handbook of Global Health Communication

Rafael Obregón, Silvio R. Waisbord (eds.)

Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2012), xx, 658 pp.

"The Handbook of Global Health Communication offers a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the role of communication processes in global public health, development and social change. It brings together 32 contributions from well-respected scholars and practitioners in the field, addressing a wid ... more

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Global Information Society Watch 2012. The Internet and Corruption: Transparency and Accountability Online

Karen Banks (ed.)

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2012), 273 pp.

"GISWatch 2012 explores how the internet is being used to ensure transparency and accountability, the challenges that civil society activists face in fighting corruption, and when the internet fails as an enabler of a transparent and fair society. The eight thematic reports and 48 country reports pu ... more

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Internet Enemies Report 2012

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2012), 72 pp.

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The New Arab Media: Technology, Image and Perception

Mahjoob Zweiri, Emma Murphy (eds.)

Reading: Ithaca Press (2012), xxiv, 168 pp.

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War Journalists and Forces of Gatekeeping During the Escalation and the De-Escalation Periods of the Iraq War

Hun Shik Kim

International Communication Gazette, volume 74, issue 4 (2012), pp. 323-341

"Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, war journalists have reported news from the battlefields and streets of Baghdad to the world audiences. As the violent conflict in Iraq winds down, so do the war reporting operations in Iraq. Based on in-depth interviews with 23 war correspondents, this study inv ... more

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Étude sur le développement des médias en Tunisie: Basée sur les indicateurs de développement des médias de l’UNESCO

Steve Buckley, Sawsen Chaabi, Bechir Ouarda

Paris: UNESCO (2012), 118 pp.

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The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World

Soumitra Dutta, Beñat Bilbao-Osorio (eds.)

Geneva: World Economic Forum;INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.

"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi ... more

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Christian Broadcasting: A Critical Assessment

Sameh Fawzy

In: Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East

Khaled Hroub (ed.)

New York: Columbia University Press (2012), pp. 195-217

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Believe it or Not: Understanding the Credibility and Effectiveness of Radio Sawa in the UAE

Thomas B. Christie, Andrew M. Clark

International Communication Gazette, volume 73, issue 4 (2011), pp. 359-371

"As part of an overall strategy to influence public opinion in the Muslim world, the US government implemented two new international broadcasting tools — Radio Sawa and Alhurra (a satellite television network). In the face of declining support of US government policies in the Muslim world, this st ... more

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Social Dynamics 2.0: Researching Change in Times of Media Convergence: Case Studies from the Middle East and Asia

Nadja-Christina Schneider, Bettina Gräf (eds.)

Berlin: Frank & Timme (2011), 166 pp.

"Mediated forms of communication increasingly influence the social relations and different spheres of life in the regions of South Asia, Southeast Asia and in the Arab-speaking region. In order to understand the profound social and political changes that go hand in hand with these medialisation proc ... more

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International Perspectives on Youth Media: Cultures of Production and Education

JoEllen Fisherkeller (ed.)

New York: Peter Lang (2011), vi, 399 pp.

"This book documents and analyzes transnational research on youth media production and distribution projects both in and out of school. With comprehensive theoretical analyses, notes, and bibliographies, each chapter includes a case study, illuminating the variety and diversity of youth media projec ... more

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The Production of Modernization: Daniel Lerner, Mass Media, and the Passing of Traditional Society

Hemant Shah

Philadelphia: Temple University Press (2011), viii, 218 pp.

"Daniel Lerner's 1958 book 'The Passing of Traditional Society' was central in shaping Cold War-era ideas about the use of mass media and culture to promote social and economic progress in postcolonial nations. Based on a study of the effectiveness of propaganda in the Middle East, Lerner's book cla ... more