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Foreign News, International News
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United Nations (UN)
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Islam: Media Representation & Reporting
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Arabic Language
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Television Policies
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Media Literacy: Youth
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Khashoggi, Jamal (1958-2018)
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Internationalising a Media Studies Degree in Arab Higher Education: A Case Study Arising from an Agreement Between New Zealand and Oman

In: Arab Cultural Studies: Mapping the Field
Tarik Sabry (ed.)
London; New York: Tauris (2012), pp. 297-313
"For a project of its size, duration and complexity, the reversioning of the New Zealand media studies degree of Oman has been remarkably successful. Given the inherent problems in developing curricula for 'others', the writing team has been extremely productive and constantly inventive [...] it has ... more
"How do students' online literacy practices intersect with online popular culture? In this book scholars from a range of countries including Australia, Lebanon, Nepal, Qatar, South Africa, Turkey, and the United States illustrate and analyze how literacy practices that are mediated through and influ ... more

Arabische Zeitenwende: Aufstand und Revolution in der arabischen Welt

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), 304 pp.

Internet Enemies Report 2012

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2012), 72 pp.

Landraub: Reisen ins Reich des neuen Kolonialismus

Alexander Knaak (transl.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2012), 254 pp.
"Women have yet to enter to Bahrain’s parliament despite being permitted to run for some years. With its king promoting social and economic change, the media has portrayed positive images of Arab women as professionals against a backdrop of religious conservatism. The communications strategy adopt ... more
"In the year of the Arab uprisings Global Information Society Watch 2011 investigates how governments and internet and mobile phone companies are trying to restrict freedom online – and how citizens are responding to this using the very same technologies. Everyone is familiar with the stories of E ... more
"The most popular types of social media in the UAE are generally the same as those used in other regions across the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond. These include social networks (Facebook), video-sharing sites (YouTube), and micro-blogging sites (Twitter), among others. UAE respondents were b ... more

The Emergent Supranational Arab Media Policy Sphere

In: The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy
Robin Mansell; Marc Raboy (eds.)
Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 293-305
"As part of an overall strategy to influence public opinion in the Muslim world, the US government implemented two new international broadcasting tools — Radio Sawa and Alhurra (a satellite television network). In the face of declining support of US government policies in the Muslim world, this st ... more
"Between 2005–2011, the New Zealand Tertiary Education Consortium (NZTEC) was contracted to the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) in the Sultanate of Oman. This long-term, long-distance off-shore education contract committed four New Zealand universities to providing degrees in four discipline a ... more
"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar ... more
"Internet censorship and surveillance becomes more sophisticated. The first-generation controls like China's "Great Firewall" are being replaced by techniques that include strategically timed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, targeted malware, take-down notices and stringent terms-of-usa ... more

Public Sentinel: News Media and Governance Reform

Washington, DC: World Bank (2010), xxi, 420 pp.
"This book highlights the importance of the news media as watchdogs, agenda setters and gatekeepers for the quality of democratic deliberation in the public sphere. At the same time, it theorizes that the capacity of journalists and media systems to fulfill these roles depends on the broader context ... more

Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East: Islamic, Christian and Jewish Channels. Programmes and Discourses

Cambridge: Cambridge University, Cambridge Arab Media Project (CAMP);Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies (CIS) (2010), 70 pp.
"Since the mid-1990s, the influence of satellite television broadcasting in the Middle East has become central to the shaping of public attitudes in the region and beyond. While many of the main influential mainstream satellite channels are news-focused, entertainment and religious broadcasting are ... more

Global Information Society Watch 2010: Focus on ICTs and Environmental Sustainability

Association for Progressive Communications (APC);Hivos (2010), 244 pp.

Media Habits of MENA Youth: A Three-Country Survey

Beirut: American University of Beirut (AUB), Research and Policy Forum on Youth in the Arab World (2010), 50 pp.
"This pilot study surveyed 2,744 university and high school students in Jordan, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates. It asked about their media consumption and production habits, and about their attitudes towards certain media. Among the significant findings, the survey found the participants high ... more