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Arab Media and Political Renewal: Community, Legitimacy and Public Life
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Naomi Sakr (ed.)

London: Tauris (2007), 208 pp.

"[...] This authoritative book answers key questions about the connections between media and political change in the Arab world. Using research into, for example, practices of Internet users, journalists, demonstrators and producers of reality TV, it explores the interface between public interaction ... more

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Broadcasting Policy and Globalisation

Helga Tawil Souri, Granville Williams, Nick Herd, Nkosi Ndlela, Ki-Sung Kwak

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 4, issue 3 (2007), pp. 1-106

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Negotiating Democracy: Media Transformations in Emerging Democracies

Isaac A. Blankson, Patrick D. Murphy (eds.)

New York: State University of New York Press (2007), xi, 285 pp.

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Out of China, into the light

Dominic Waghorn

British Journalism Review, volume 18, issue 1 (2007), pp. 23-27

"Foreign correspondent Waghorn compares long-term assignments in China and Israel and observes: "Whereas in China the challenge was engaging the viewers' interest in somewhere so unfamiliar and alien, here [Israel] it is keeping them interested in somewhere they find over familiar. Rock-throwing, su ... more

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Periodismo preventivo: Otra manera de informar sobre las crisis y los conflictos internacionales

Javier Bernabé Fraguas (ed.)

Madrid: Libros de la Catarata;Instituto Universitario de Desarrollo y Cooperación (IUDC-UCM) (2007), 267 pp.

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New Media and the New Middle East

Philip Seib (ed.)

New York; Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan (2007), xviii, 263 pp.

"In this book, leading international scholars examine the way new media is reshaping lives and politics. Covering topics from women's rights to terrorism, and countries from Israel to Saudi Arabia, these authors explore the global and regional ramifications of the proliferation of communication tech ... more

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The Moral Resonance of Arab Media: Audiocassette Poetry and Culture in Yemen

Flagg Miller

Harvard: Harvard University Press (2007), xxiv, 525 pp.

"Investigating a vibrant audio-recording industry in southern Yemen, The Moral Resonance of Arab Media shows how new forms of political activism emerge through sensory engagements with Arabic poetry and song. From the 1940s onward, a new cadre of political activists has used audio-recording technolo ... more

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The 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council Election: Evaluating the Media

Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2007), 29 pp.

"The Palestinian media, taken as a whole, generally offered voters a variety of views concerning the campaign. Respect of legal provisions for free airtime on the public TV and radio, as well as televised debates and talk shows, permitted parties and candidates to convey messages to the electorate. ... more

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Arab Television Today

Naomi Sakr

New York: Tauris (2007), x, 262 pp.

"There is a great deal at stake for everyone in the future of Arab television. Political and social upheavals in this central but unsettled region are increasingly played out on television screens and in the tussles over programming that take place behind them. Al-Jazeera is of course only one playe ... more

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What Arabs Read: A Pan-Arab Survey on Readership. Phase 2: Algeria, Jordan, Palestine and Syria

Nextpage;synovate (2007), 255 pp.

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Community Media: International Perspectives
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Linda K. Fuller (ed.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2007), xiii, 258 pp.

"This collection of writing on community media describes attempts at local media development and case studies of functioning projects. It presents a range of perspectives on grassroots media originating from community groups; research representing participant observation; hands-on community involvem ... more

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The Islamic Internet: Authority, Authenticity and Reform

Musa Maguire

In: Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow

Daya Kishan Thussu (ed.)

Abingdon; New York: Routledge (2007), pp. 237-250

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Gute Medien - böser Krieg? Medien am schmalen Grat zwischen Cheerleadern des Militärs und Friedensjournalismus

Thomas Roithner et al.

Wien; Berlin: Lit;Österreichisches Studienzentrum für Frieden und Konfliktforschung (2007), 176 pp.

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Crafting the Arab Media for Peace-Building: Donors, Dialogue and Disasters

Bruce Stanley

In: Arab Media and Political Renewal: Community, Legitimacy and Public Life

Naomi Sakr (ed.)

London; New York: Tauris (2007), pp. 135-153

"From small beginnings in the 1960s, Western governments and international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) are today spending huge sums on media intervention in Arab countries, to the point where such intervention has become an industry. Among the plethora of media projects aimed at moulding ... more

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Journalism in Iran: From Mission to Profession

Hossein Shahidi

London; New York: Routledge (2007), xii, 194 pp.

"This book charts the development of professional journalism in Iran since the 1979 Revolution that replaced the monarchy with an Islamic Republic. Written to pay homage to Iranian journalists, the book focuses on newspapers, radio and television providing a fuller picture of Iran's media environmen ... more

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Children and Media in Times of War and Conflict

Dafna Lemish, Maya Götz (eds.)

Cresskill: Hampton Press (2007), viii, 363 pp.

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World Press Trends 2007

Paris: World Association of Newspapers (WAN) (2007), 781 pp.

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Asian Cinema: A Field Guide

Tom Vick

New York: Collins (2007), xiv, 274 pp.

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(Un)civil War of Words: Media and Politics in the Arab World

Mamoun Fandy

Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International (2007), 164 pp.

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Performance of the Arabic Book Translation Industry in Selected Arab Countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi-Arabia and Syria

Najib Harabi (ed.)

Zurich: Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA) (2007), 168 pp.

"Underperformance of the Arabic book translation industry is attributable to (among other factors) severe coordination failures. This is a state of affairs in which the inability of the different agents (translators, book publishers, suppliers, customers, and supporting organizations, state, and so ... more

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