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Jordan's Local Radio Revolution: Progress, Challenges and Possibilities

Mahjoob Zweiri
In: The New Arab Media: Technology, Image and Perception
Mahjoob Zweiri, Emma C. Murphy (eds.)
Reading: Ithaca Press (2012), pp. 139-157
"The surge in the proliferation of Jordanian private radio stations can be seen as part of the broader expansion of media technologies in the Arab region. However, despite the massive expansion in the number of private sector stations, radio is not currently playing a decisive role in Jordan in incr ... 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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The Tunisian diaspora: Between “digital riots” and web activism

Teresa Graziano
Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 21 pp.
"This article deals with the increasing connections among the Tunisian diaspora and its homeland provided by a widespread use of the social Web. The main aim is to evaluate to what extent the Tunisian diaspora has contributed to a wider diffusion of cyberactivism concerning legitimate claims for dem ... more
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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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Revolution 2.0? Die Bedeutung digitaler Medien für politische Mobilisierung und Protest

Jan Hanrat, Claus Leggewie
In: Globale Trends 2013: Frieden, Entwicklung, Umwelt
Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden (ed.)
Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag (2012), pp. 157-172
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Out of Control: Palestinian News Satire and Government Power in the Age of Social Media

Matt Sienkiewicz
Popular Communication, volume 10, issue 1-2 (2012), pp. 106-118
"This article analyzes the Palestinian sketch comedy show Watan Ala Watar, placing the groundbreaking program in the context of theories of satire, government control, and popular resistance. Detailing the show’s tumultuous relationship with the Palestinian Authority, the article argues that despi ... 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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Religious Diaspora and Information Communications Technology: The Impact of Globalization on Communal Relations in Egypt

Fiona McCallum
In: The New Arab Media: Technology, Image and Perception
Mahjoob Zweiri, Emma C. Murphy (eds.)
Reading: Ithaca Press (2012), pp. 81-101
"The age-old Coptic balancing act of proving that they are patriotic Egyptians while retaining a strong attachment to their religious and cultural identity has become harder in the globalization era, when specific individuals and groups based on another continent can affect the domestic political en ... more
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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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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Radio

John Allen Hendricks (ed.)
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xxxiv, 590 pp.
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Community Sector Dynamics and the Lebanese Diaspora: Internal Fragmentation and Transnationalism on the Web

Houda Asal
Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 19 pp.
"The author analyzes the presence of Lebanese organizations on the Web and shows the transnational links between associations from different countries, starting from a case study including France and Canada. The nature and density of these connections are partly attributable to the importance of lin ... more
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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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Media Practice in Iraq

Ahmed Khalid Al-Rawi
Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xi, 221 pp.
"A historical survey of the Iraqi media from its beginning up to the present day, focusing on the post-2003 media scene and the political and societal divisions that occurred in Iraq after US-led occupation. Investigates the nature of the media outlets and offers an analysis of the way Iraqi satelli ... 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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Safety on the Line: Exposing the Myth of Mobile Communication Security

Cormac Callanan, Hein Dries-Ziekenheiner
Washington, DC: Freedom House; Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) (2012), 175 pp.
"This report evaluates the risks and vulnerabilities of mobile phone services and apps in 12 specified countries: the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, the People’s Republic of China, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Libya, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom ... more
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Iraq’s Information Crimes Law: Badly Written Provisions and Draconian Punishments Violate Due Process and Free Speech

New York et al.: Human Rights Watch (2012), 15 pp.
"Iraq’s parliament is in the process of enacting an “Information Crimes Law” to regulate the use of information networks, computers, and other electronic devices and systems. The draft law includes vague provisions that would allow Iraqi authorities to deter legitimate criticisms of or peacefu ... more
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The Scars of Oppression Run Deep: Assessing the Critical Requirements for Freedom of Expression in Tunisia’s Democratic Transition

Andrew Heslop et al.
IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) (2011), 34 pp.
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Women Candidates and Arab Media: Challlenging Conservatism in Bahraini Politics

May Al Otaibi, Amos Owen Thomas
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 8, issue 2 (2011), pp. 135-158
"Women have yet to enter to Bahrain’s parliament despite being permitted to run for some years. With its king promoting social and economic change, the media has portrayed positive images of Arab women as professionals against a backdrop of religious conservatism. The communications strategy adopt ... 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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Social Media in the Arab World: Leading Up to the Uprisings of 2011

Jeffrey Ghannam
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 39 pp.
"Key Findings: About 17 million people in the Arab region are using Facebook, available in Arabic, with 5 million in Egypt alone, and demand is expected to grow on micro-blogging sites. Twitter announced it will launch its Arabic interface in 2011; Arab governments are developing, at varying rates, ... more