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Dschihadismus: Materialien

Rüdiger Lohlker
Wien: Facultas wuv (2009), 248 pp.
"Eine Auswahl bestimmter dschihadistischer Dokumente, hier erstmals ins Deutsche übersetzt und wissenschaftlich kommentiert, geben einen Einblick in den Diskurs der dschihadistischen Bewegungen. Es werden Diskussionen aus Onlineforen wiedergegeben, Gedichte bzw. anaschid (agitatorische Lieder), die ... more
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'The Pathology of Media Intervention in Iraq 2003-2008: The US Attempt to Restructure Iraqi Media Law and Content

Orayb Aref Najjar
International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies, volume 3, issue 1 (2009), pp. 27-52
"This study analyzes US attempts to remake the Iraqi mediascape, its law and content between 2003 and 2008. It concludes that post-invasion media development was so poorly structured and implemented that it was doomed from the start. This is true despite and because of the millions of dollars spent ... 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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Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives

Stuart Allan, Einar Thorsen (eds.)
New York: Peter Lang (2009), xii, 277 pp.
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Undermining Democracy: 21st Century Authoritarians

Javier Corrales, Daniel Kimmage, Joshua Kurlantzick, Abbas Milani, Perry Link, Rashed Rahman
Washington, DC: Freedom House; Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty; Radio Free Asia (2009), 79 pp.
"Democracy Redefined: Leading authoritarian regimes are working to reshape the public understanding of democracy. A redefined and heavily distorted version of the concept is communicated to domestic audiences through state-dominated media. Especially on television, these regimes put forth a dual mes ... more
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Television Studies After TV: Understanding Television in the Post-Broadcast Era

Graeme Turner, Jinna Tay (eds.)
Abingdon: Routledge (2009), x, 214 pp.
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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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Freedom of the Press 2009: Further Declines in Global Media Independence

Washington, DC: Freedom House (2009), 226 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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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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Protest in Ägypten: Wie Al-Jazeera und andere Medien die Kifaya-Bewegung möglich machten

Jan Michael Schäfer
Berlin: Frank & Timme (2009), 147 pp.
"kifaya! – „Es reicht!“ Lautstark protestieren Menschen auf Kairos Straßen gegen Präsident Mubarak und seine Regierung. Sie fordern demokratischen Wandel. Arabische Fernsehsender und neue Zeitungen in Ägypten berichten ausführlich über die Kifaya-Bewegung. Sie ist klein, aber nicht zu üb ... more
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Defining the Nation? Lebanese Television and Political Elites, 1990-2005

Katharina Nötzold
Berlin: Frank & Timme (2009), 346 + xxvi pp.
"Katharina Nötzold explores whether and how mass media can contribute to nation-building after civil war. Drawing on the example of Lebanon s audiovisual media organisations, which are mostly privately owned by politicians, she demonstrates how political elites use television to transmit their visi ... more
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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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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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Media Sustainability Index 2008: Development of Sustainable Independent Media in Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2009), xix, 411 pp.
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Israel/Gaza: Operation "Cast Lead": News Control as Military Objective: Palestinian Journalists Caught Between Israeli Firing and Hamas Threats

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2009), 13 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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Media Sustainability Index 2008: The Development of Sustainable Independent Media in the Middle East and North Africa

Leon Morse (ed.)
Washington, DC: IREX (2009), xix, 209 pp.
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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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Peace Journalism in Times of War

Susan Dente Ross, Majid Tehranian (eds.)
New Brunswick; London: Transaction Publishers (2009), 156 pp.