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Hezbollah's Media: Political History in Outline
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Olfa Lamloum

Global Media and Communication, volume 5, issue 3 (2009), pp. 353-367

"Since 1985, the Lebanese Hezbollah has developed a centralized communications apparatus which was a major instrument in building its leadership in the Shiite community. My contribution intends to explore the main media of this party as both cognitive and political resources for mobilization and as ... more

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Naher Osten

Bernhard Chiari, Dieter H. Kollmer (eds.)

Paderborn et al.: Schöningh, 2nd ed. (2009), 312 pp.

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Final Report of the Peer-To-Peer Development and Support of Science Journalism in the Developing World: The SjCOOP Project

Gatineau: World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) (2009), 104 pp.

"SjCOOP1 objectives were to (1) develop a network of professional science journalists in Africa, North Africa and in the Middle East; (2) put in place national and regional associations of science journalists; and (3) strengthen the World Federation of Science Journalists as a supportive partner of ... more

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Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion

Paul A. Marshall, Lela Gilbert, Roberta Green Ahmanson (eds.)

Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2009), xv, 220 pp.

"This book analyzes media coverage of major news stories in which religion is a major component and recounts how journalist often miss, or misunderstand, these stories because they do not take religion seriously, or misunderstand religion when they do take it seriously. Since religion is a major and ... more

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A Suggested Framework for Assessing Electronic Government Readiness in Egypt

Nahed Amin Azab, Sherif Kamel, Georgios Dafoulas

Electronic Journal of e-Government, volume 7, issue 1 (2009), pp. 11-27

"Electronic Government (e-Government) is becoming a global phenomenon that is increasingly attracting the attention of community citizens including politicians, economists, decision and policy makers amongst others. Once only regarded as a means for modernizing the public sector and increasing gover ... more

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Peace Journalism in Times of War

Susan Dente Ross, Majid Tehranian (eds.)

New Brunswick; London: Transaction Publishers (2009), 156 pp.

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Internationalizing Media Studies
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Daya Kishan Thussu (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2009), xiii, 320 pp.

"This collection of essays by internationally-acclaimed scholars from around the world aims to stimulate a debate about the imperatives for internationalizing media studies by broadening its remit, including innovative research methodologies, taking account of regional and national specificities and ... more

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La caricature et le dessin de presse en Afrique

Paris: L'Harmattan (2009), 239 pp.

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iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam
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Gary R. Bunt

London: Hurst (2009), 358 pp.

"The internet has profoundly shaped how Muslims perceive Islam, and how Islamic societies and networks are evolving and shifting within the twenty-first century. While these electronic interfaces appear new and innovative in terms of how the media is applied, much of their content has a basis in cla ... more

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Von Chatraum bis Cyberjihad: Muslimische Internetnutzung in lokaler und globaler Perspektive

Matthias Brückner, Johanna Pink (eds.)

Würzburg: Ergon (2009), xiii, 215 pp.

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Arab News and Conflict: A Multidisciplinary Discourse Study

Samia Bazzi

Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company (2009), 238 pp.

"Drawing on socio-political-linguistic approaches combined with real-case studies, the author offers a unique discourse analysis model for analysing politically sensitive language in the media. The focus in this study is on the Arab media discourse in times of conflict with Israel and the US, spanni ... more

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International Blogging: Identity, Politics, and Networked Publics

Adrienne Russell, Nabil Echchaibi (eds.)

New York: Peter Lang (2009), x, 205 pp.

"Through case studies of blogs written in English, Chinese, Arab, French, Russian, and Hebrew, this book explores the way blogging is being conceptualized in different cultural contexts. The authors move beyond the most highly trafficked sites to shed light on larger developments taking place online ... more

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Attacks on the Press in 2008: A Worldwide Survey

New York: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2009), 341 pp.

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Freedom of the Press 2008: A Global Survey of Media Independence

Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Sarah G. Cook (eds.)

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield (2009), xxv, 369 pp.

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Freedom on the Net: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media

Freedom House (2009), 123 pp.

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Behind the Scenes: Transparency in Lebanese Media Business Practices

Internews Network (2009), 64 pp.

"The present study is a first attempt to look inside media organizations in Lebanon in order to understand what kind of business decisions are being made. This study analyzes employee diversity, as well as political affiliation or media owners [...] There was a clear reluctance among media owners to ... more

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Mapping Media Education Policies in the World: Visions, Programmes and Challenges

Divina Frau-Meigs, Jordi Torrent (eds.)

New York; Paris; Huelva: United Nations Alliance of Civilizations;UNESCO;Grupo Comunicar (2009), 259 pp.

"This publication offers a comprehensive and multidimensional approach to media education, considering it from three inter-related dimensions: its national, regional and global contexts; its value to citizens and civic participation; and the crucial role of collaboration among governments, civil soc ... more

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Die Globalisierung religiöser Gewalt: Von christlichen Milizen bis al-Qaida

Mark Juergensmeyer

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2009), 485 pp.

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Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010

Shahid Akhtar, Patricia Arinto (eds.)

Montréal; Ottawa; New Delhi et al.: Orbicom;International Development Research Centre (IDRC);Sage (2009), xxvii, 391 pp.

"The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific. This fourth edition (2009-2010) features 30 economies and four subregional groupings. The chapters provide u ... more

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Auslandsmärkte als Chance: Mit ITK aus der Krise

Berlin: Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien (BITKOM);Auswärtiges Amt (2009), 267 pp.

"In Ihren Händen halten Sie die zweite Auflage unserer Publikation „Auslandsmärkte als Chance“. Als wir vor gut zwei Jahren die erste Ausgabe veröffentlichten, florierte die Weltwirtschaft und mit ihr die IT- und Telekommunikationsmärkte. Wer hätte damals gedacht, dass wir im Jahr 2009 die ... more

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iMuslims: Rewiring the House of Islam
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