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Salam Shabab: Views and Voice of Iraqi Youth

Theo Dolan, Alexis Toriello
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2011), 5 pp.
"Salam Shabab (Peace Youth) is a unique reality TV series filmed in Iraq that brought together youth from six provinces of Iraq to compete for a chance to become youth “Ambassadors of Peace.” The views of young Iraqis participating in Salam Shabab, along with new surveys on youth perspectives, h ... more
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Media Accountability Practices Online in Syria: An Indicator for Changing Perceptions of Journalism

Judith Pies, Philip Madanat
Tampere: University of Tampere, Journalism Research and Development Centre (2011), 24 pp.
"Media Accountability in Syria is more a question of re-defining the role of media in society than working on transparency practices or establishing self-regulation. This is due to strong state control and the mobilisation role mass media has been playing in Syria for decades. Before opening its med ... more
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Kurdisches Kino: Vom akzentuierten Exil- und Diasporakino zum internationalen Film = Sínimay Kurdí: Le sínimay henderaní ú derekeyí erra fílmi nawneteweyí

Flavia Horat
Marburg: Schüren (2011), 223 pp.
"Die konkrete Annäherung an das Kurdische Kino gestaltet die Autorin über die Aufarbeitung des Dritten Kinos und die Erläuterung des Transnationalen Filmschaffens. Die neusten kurdischen Produktionen sprengen bestehende wissenschaftliche Theorien, indem sie neue Raum-Zeitkonfigurationen definiere ... more
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Radio Broadcasting in the Arab World

Muhammad Ayish
In: Arab Media: Globalization and Emerging Media Industries
Noha Mellor, Muhammad Ayish, Nabil Dajani, Khalil Rinnawi (eds.)
Cambridge; Maldon, Mass.: Polity Press (2011), pp. 67-84
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Introduction to News Media Law and Policy in Jordan

Amman: IREX (2011), 79 pp.
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Questioning the Al-Jazeera Effect: Analysis of Al-Qaeda’s Media Strategy and its Relationship with Al-Jazeera

Rasha El-Ibiary
Global Media and Communication, volume 7, issue 3 (2011), pp. 199-204
"Even Al-Jazeera, the first all-news channel widely considered independent, is primarily a tool in the Qatari government's hands to consolidate its existence, and fight its media wars with Saudi Arabia, provoking anger in the Arab and Western world. Al-Quaeda's relationship to Al-Jazeera, thus, cann ... more
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Global Communication and Cultural Particularisms: The Place of Values in the Simultaneity of Structural Globalization and Cultural Fragmentation - the Case of Islamic Civilization

Bassam Tibi
In: The Handbook of Global Communication and Media Ethics
Robert S. Fortner, Mark Fackler (eds.)
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 54-78
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The Transformative Egyptian Media Landscape: Changes, Challenges and Comparative Perspectives

Sahar Khamis
International Journal of Communication, volume 5 (2011), pp. 1159-1177
"This article analyzes the transformative Egyptian media landscape that shaped and reflected the equally transformative political landscape that led to Egypt’s historical revolution. It provides an overview of Egyptian media and discusses how that eclectic scene exhibited many paradoxes. It analyz ... more
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Digital Publishing in Developing Countries
Deep Insights

Octavio Kulesz
Paris: International Alliance of Independent Publishers (2011), 155 pp.
"Is it conceivable that there may be an autonomous evolution of digital publications in developing countries, entirely independent of the richest nations? What support policies could be implemented to promote the growth of this new industry and accompany traditional actors in the process of adapting ... more
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Attacks on the Press in 2010: A Worldwide Survey

Bill Sweeney (ed.)
New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2011), 431 pp.
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The Power of Global Community Media
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Linda K. Fuller (ed.)
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, revised paperback ed. (2011), xix, 272 pp.
"Drawing on both theoretical and practical case studies, this collection moves from developing attempts at local media to case studies and on to cyber-examples. The contributors, all distinguished international communications scholars, present a range of perspectives on the ever-burgeoning area of g ... more
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Oase der Freiheit: Sechs Journalistinnen werden zur Stimme der Frauen im Jemen

Jennifer Steil
München: Blanvalet (2011), 510 pp.
"Die junge amerikanische Journalistin Jennifer Steil wagt einen mutigen Schritt und wird für ein Jahr Redakteurin des „Jemen Observer”. Wie erwartet findet sie Fremdheit, Engstirnigkeit, auch Hass. Als Frau gelingt ihr aber auch ein Blick in jene Welt, die offiziellen Berichterstattern verborge ... more
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The Use of the Internet by Islamic Social Movements in Collective Action: The Case of 'Justice and Charity'

Mohamed Ben Moussa
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 8, issue 2 (2011), pp. 63-91
"The article addresses the use of the internet by Islamic social movement organizations (SMOs), focusing on the case of Justice and Charity (JC), the biggest opposition political group in Morocco. It examines the extent to which the SMO exploits the potential of the medium in collective action, and ... more
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Assessment of Media Development in Tunisia: Based on the UNESCO Media Development Indicators

Steve Buckley, Sawsen Chaabi, Bechir Ouarda
Paris: UNESCO (2011), 117 pp.
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Anti-American Sentiment as a Media Effect? Arab Media, Political Identity, and Public Opinion in the Middle East

Erik C. Nisbet, Teresa A. Myers
Communication Research, volume 38, issue 5 (2011), pp. 684-709
"Many have attributed anti-American sentiment within Arab countries to a highly negative information environment propagated by transnational Arab satellite TV news channels such as Al-Jazeera. However, theoretical models and empirical evidence evaluating the linkages between media exposure and opini ... more
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Media Sustainability Index 2010: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2011), xix, 411 pp.
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Soap Operas and Telenovelas in the Digital Age: Global Industries and New Audiences

Diana I. Ríos, Mari Castañeda (eds.)
New York: Peter Lang (2011), xiii, 305 pp.
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Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media

El Mustapha Lahlali
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2011), vii, 178 pp.
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News Use and Political Socialization Among Young Jordanians

Justin D. Martin
International Communication Gazette, volume 73, issue 8 (2011), pp. 706-731
"This study examined the relationship between young Jordanians' (N = 321) news use and their feelings toward the Jordanian and US governments. Consumption of traditional news delivery formats (such as print newspapers, radio broadcasts and interpersonal sources) was measured, as was reliance on new ... more
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Medienstrategien ägyptischer Islamisten im Kontext von Demokratisierung

Carola Richter
Berlin: Frank & Timme (2011), 349 pp.
"Die Umbrüche in Ägypten 2011 haben gezeigt, dass Medien eine wesentliche Rolle für die Mobilisierung politischer Partizipation spielen. Die Muslimbruderschaft, einer der wichtigsten gesellschaftlichen Akteure Ägyptens, hat seit 2002 gezielt auf Internetmedien gesetzt, um das Regime Mubaraks her ... more