"Cette étude ne constitue pas une analyse conforme aux normes académiques, mais s'attache plutôt à mettre en exergue les questions à débattre et des défis à relever. A cet égard, elle passe en revue les recherches récentes, les politiques, les stratégies, et plus particulièrement les bon
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nes pratiques identifiées au niveau national et régional ainsi que les résultats des conférences, réunions et rapports intergouvernementaux. Dans ce rapport, un intérêt particulier est porté aux recommandations susceptibles d’alimenter les débats de la Conférence ministérielle Euro-Méditerranéenne et des deux conférences préparatoires prévues pour mai et juin 2006. L'étude est présentée en version arabe, anglaise et française - la version originale étant en anglais. Elle est divisée en trois parties : Education, Médias, et Création Culturelle. Chaque partie contient un ensemble de défis, d’objectifs et de recommandations concrètes qui s’accompagnent d’indicateurs pertinents et de résultats escomptées. Une structure interne identique s’applique à toutes les sections afin de mettre en valeur la justification des recommandations centrées sur les problèmes identifiés. Les recommandations sont numérotées pour faciliter leur citation."
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"Most journalists in Yemen wish for more freedom on a legislative level. But the norms and the culture telling them what is acceptable or not, will still affect their journalism, even if legislation was to be eased. In conclusion, the thesis shows the need for a path in between the watchdog and the
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respectful press freedom. It shows the need of further elaboration of the ideal of the journalist as a watchdog accommodated to the norms and culture of the Arab world – an Arabic watchdog." (Abstract)
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"An essential aspect of what is now called the Islamic Revival, the cassette sermon has become omnipresent in most Middle Eastern cities, punctuating the daily routines of many men and women. Hirschkind shows how sermon tapes have provided one of the means by which Islamic ethical traditions have be
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en recalibrated to a modern political and technological order - to its noise and forms of pleasure and boredom, but also to its political incitements and call for citizen participation. Contrary to the belief that Islamic cassette sermons are a tool of militant indoctrination, Hirschkind argues that sermon tapes serve as an instrument of ethical self-improvement and as a vehicle for honing the sensibilities and affects of pious living. Focusing on Cairo's popular neighborhoods, Hirschkind highlights the pivotal role these tapes now play in an expanding arena of Islamic argumentation and debate - what he calls an "Islamic counterpublic." This emerging arena connects Islamic traditions of ethical discipline to practices of deliberation about the common good, the duties of Muslims as national citizens, and the challenges faced by diverse Muslim communities around the globe." (Publisher description)
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"This book discusses the fundamental elements of media systems and shows how they are used in eight sample countries. Unlike other books, it is organized according to media elements, with comparative discussions of all eight countries within each chapter. This helps readers make connections and comp
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arisons between the countries and allows them to apply the concepts to other countries not discussed in the book. Comparing Media from Around the World also features exciting photographs from the sample countries showing not only the media but how they are experienced in context (for example, a newspaper stand in France and an internet cafe in Ghana)." (Publisher description)
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"Providing one of the first ethnographies of the Internet revolution in the Arab world, The Internet in the Middle East analyzes the ways in which the Internet affects public discourse and social practice in Islamic society. With a special focus on Kuwait, Deborah L. Wheeler offers an intimate journ
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ey through the lives of women, youth, and Islamist Internet users, and through their testimonies shows what the Internet means to various Internet subcultures in the emirate. The book includes a historical overview of the values and design principles embedded in the Internet by its inventors and early adopters, and examines the major questions, debates, assumptions, and findings of the emerging field of Internet studies. Drawing on six years of research, including three years of fieldwork in Kuwait, Dubai, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco, Wheeler provides a comparative overview of the meaning and manifestations of the Internet in the Middle East, giving careful attention to whether or not the Internet lives up to global expectations of promoting democracy, economic privatization, and personal freedom." (Publisher description)
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"This paper tries to contribute to the discussion on how alternative, community media has altered the media scenery and affected socio-political life in Jordan in terms of the interplay between the civil society and public sphere. With specific reference to Radio AmmanNet, the first community radio
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in Jordan as a case study, and based on socio-political analysis this study will apply relevant social theories and explore the role of alternative and community media in transforming communication in media outlets from that of transmitter-receptor (one to masses) into an interactive transmittertransmitter form thereby nurturing democratic forms of communication, defending local cultural autonomy, harnessing deliberative and teledemocracy, serving as advocacy and lobbying tool promoting civil society and rebuilding a sense of community, and as a role model for regional non-democratic countries." (Abstract)
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"Until recent years Iranian cinema was relatively unknown. Even now, in spite of international award-winning productions, it is under-exposed relative to films from other countries. This volume examines Iranian cinema before and after the Islamic Revolution of 1979." (Publisher description)