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Arab authorities use digital surveillance to control press freedom: Journalists’ perceptions

Miral Sabry AlAshry
Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance, volume 25, issue 3 (2023), pp. 250-266
"The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent of digital surveillance by Arab authorities, which face risks and threats of surveillance, and how journalists seek to press freedom by using tools and techniques to communicate securely. Design/methodology/approach: The study used focus group ... more
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Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages
Deep Insights
Key Guides

Genner Llanes-Ortiz et al.
Paris: UNESCO; Global Voices (2023), 193 pp.
"This toolkit has been co-designed in close partnership with both established and emerging networks of Indigenous digital practitioners, language advocates, and collaborators, within the framework of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. The toolkit promotes the foundation of l ... more
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Debating Religion and Forced Migration Entanglements

Elzbieta M. Gozdziak, Izabella Main (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xiv, 196 pp.
"This open access book brings into dialogue migration and religion scholars with spiritual leaders and representatives of faith-based organizations assisting refugees. Migration has always been part of spiritual development. The current 'refugee crisis' has brought to the fore debates regarding the ... more
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Disputed Archival Heritage

James Lowry (ed.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xv, 342 pp.
"Disputed Archival Heritage brings important new perspectives into the discourse on displaced archives. In contrast to shared or joint heritage framings, the book considers the implications of force, violence and loss in the displacement of archival heritage. With chapters from established and emerg ... more
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Independence, Democracy, and Social Justice: Exploring the Viability of Media Cooperatives in Lebanon

Diala Ahwach
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2023), 44 pp.
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Syrian Journalists Covering the War: Assessing Perceptions of Fear and Security

Lidia Peralta García
Media, War & Conflict, volume 16, issue 1 (2023), pp. 44-62
"This article analyses the dangers and threats faced by Syrian journalists covering the conflict since the pro-democracy protests erupted in March 2011. While most Western research on the Syrian Revolution has focused on the working difficulties faced by correspondents, parachutists or foreign freel ... more
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Mis- and Disinformation: Media Perception and Consumption of Fake News in Lebanon

Nidal Ayoub
Metn: Samir Kassir Foundation (2023), 20 pp.
"Participants in the study take a snapshot of a variety of news channels and social media platforms to get their news, evaluating their truthfulness and attempting to “figure out the truth.” Across different focus groups, there is a shared lack of trust in news channels, and no media outlet is p ... more
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Die Hydra des Dschihadismus: Entstehung, Ausbreitung und Abwehr einer globalen Gefahr

Asiem El Difraoui
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2023), 366 pp.
"Die grausamen Handlungen dschihadistischer Gruppierungen wie der „Al-Qaida“ oder des „Islamischen Staates“ schockieren und verbreiten Angst. Immer wieder scheinen neue Attentäter nachzurücken, ein Phänomen, das Asiem El Difraoui mit den stets nachwachsenden Köpfen einer Hydra vergleicht ... more
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Deadly Pattern: 20 Journalists Died by Israeli Military Fire in 22 Years. No One has Been Held Accountable

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) (2023), 31 pp.
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Reporting on Sexual Violence in the #MeToo Era

Andrea Baker, Usha Manchanda Rodrigues (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xvi, 207 pp.
"Bringing together 15 journalism scholars from around the world, this book explores and offers solutions to the common issues and inadequacies of reporting on sexual violence in the media. Presenting a range of conceptual, methodological, and empirical chapters, the book tackles issues related to, o ... more
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Mitigating Risks to Journalists in the 2014 Gaza War

Michael Tasseron
Journalism Studies, volume 24, issue 7 (2023), pp. 976-989
"Reporting on the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict poses a significant risk to the physical safety of journalists and other media professionals. At times of heightened conflict between the two sides, the magnitude of the risks journalists face increases exponentially. Journalists reporting from ... more
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Hashtag activism: An alternative pathway for the transnationalization of protests a case study of #SaveSheikhJarrah

Nisreen Attaallah
Journal of Alternative and Community Media, volume 7, issue 2 (2023), pp. 157-177
"Digital media have provided activists with communication and organizational tools that have revolutionized the work of social movements. This article contributes to the literature on the role of digital media in the transnationalization of protests by examining a case study of a digital advocacy ca ... more
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“Don’t Touch Me”: Sexual Harassments, Digital Threats, and Social Resistance Toward Kuwaiti Female Journalists

Fatima Alsalem
In: The Palgrave Handbook of Gender, Media and Communication in the Middle East and North Africa
Loubna H. Skalli, Nahed Eltantawy (eds.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), pp. 373-390
"This study examines the obstacles and challenges faced by female journalists in Kuwait. It explores a set of interrelated factors that discourage women from working in the media, such as gender inequality, sexual harassment, threats, social resistance, and cultural barriers. The study uses a mixed ... more
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Examining Terrorism, Extremism and Radicalization Through a Peace Communication Perspective

Flora Khoo (ed.)
New York: Peter Lang (2023), 322 pp.
"This edited book expands the applicability of peace journalism research beyond war to cover terrorism and radicalization, an issue that has not yet been touched by peace journalism scholars." (Publisher description)
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Journalists' Insurance Coverage in Lebanon

Nadine Moubarak
Metn: Samir Kassir Foundation (2023), 26 pp.
"It is crucial to emphasize that insurance should be a fundamental right for all workers, regardless of the safety and security of their working environment. In Lebanon, journalists who passionately and tirelessly advocate for rights and freedoms, who endeavor to create a better society, and who dil ... more
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Fairwork Jordan Ratings 2023: Working Conditions in the Platform Economy

Oxford; Berlin: Fairwork (2023), 43 pp.
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Women's Activism Online and the Global Struggle for Social Change

Carmit Wiesslitz (ed.)
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xxi, 310 pp.
"This book showcases the online activism of women's groups around the world in the post-#MeToo era, and presents an overview of the diversity of its current expressions. The focus of this book extends beyond campaigns against rape culture to include women's struggles on other political and environme ... more
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Exploring Disinformation in Fragile States: Iraq as a Case Study of Influence of International Political Actors

Rawand Faeq
Tokyo: Toda Peace Institute (2023), 18 pp.
"This paper examines the influence of international political actors in perpetuating disinformation in fragile states, using Iraq as a case study. The advent of modern technology and social media has transformed the global information landscape, providing new avenues for the dissemination of disinfo ... more
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Decolonising knowledge production: The experience of the Syrian Female Journalists Network (SFJN)

Hayma Alyousfi, Rand Sabbagh
Gender & Development, volume 31, issue 2-3 (2023), pp. 457–476
"This article delves into the Syrian Female Journalists Network’s (SFJN) approach to decolonise knowledge production, focusing on a multifaceted deconstructive framework. Through an examination of our analytic and deconstructive process of media language and discourse, our methodology centres on i ... more
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Media Ownership in Africa in the Digital Age: Challenges, Continuity and Change

Winston Mano, Loubna El Mkaouar (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xiv, 295 pp.
"Who owns the media and communications in Africa today and with what implications? The book elegantly answers this urgent question by unpacking multiple dimensions of media ownership through rare and authoritative perspectives, including both historical and contemporary digital developments. It trac ... more