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"Within less than 20 years, the number of Arabic-language satellite channels has risen from zero to more than 500, including channels financed by the US, Russia, China, the UK and France. Some 50 of these channels label themselves as Islamic (and a handful are Christian), but Islamic programming is ... more

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The Global EBook Market: Current Conditions and Future Projections

Rüdiger Wischenbart

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"In Europe, Germany and France are ahead in digitally embracing trade books, notably !ction, yet are clearly behind the US and UK. But countries as diverse as Austria, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden have recently seen the implementation of an ebook distribution infrastructure, and at lea ... more

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The New Arab Journalist: Mission and Identity in a Time of Turmoil
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Lawrence Pintak

London; New York: Tauris (2011), xii, 287 pp.

"Drawing on the first broad cross-border survey of Arab journalists, first-person interviews with scores of reporters and editors, and his three decades' experience reporting from the Middle East, Lawrence Pintak examines how Arab journalists see themselves and their mission at this critical time in ... more

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Facebook Usage: Factors and Analysis

Fadi Salem, Racha Mourtada

Arab Social Media Report (Dubai School of Government), volume 1, issue 1 (2011), 20 pp.

"The Arab Social Media Report (ASMR), produced by the Dubai School of Government’s Governance and Innovation Program, is the first in a quarterly series that will highlight and analyze usage trends of online social networking across the Arab region. In its inaugural edition, the report analyzes da ... more

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Civil Movements: The Impact of Facebook and Twitter

Fadi Salem, Racha Mourtada

Arab Social Media Report (Dubai School of Government), volume 1, issue 2 (2011), 29 pp.

"The report analyzes data on Twitter and Facebook users in all 22 Arab countries, in addition to Iran, Israel and Turkey, highlighting the role they played in the civil movements that swept the region during that period. This is part of a larger research initiative focusing on social engagement thro ... more

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After Egypt: The Limits and Promise of Online Challenges to the Authoritarian Arab State

Marc Lynch

Perspectives on Politics, volume 9, issue 2 (2011), pp. 301-310

"The uprisings which swept across the Arab world beginning in December 2010 pose a serious challenge to many of the core findings of the political science literature focused on the durability of the authoritarian Middle Eastern state. The impact of social media on contentious politics represents one ... more

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Digital Publishing in Developing Countries
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Octavio Kulesz

Paris: International Alliance of Independent Publishers (2011), 155 pp.

"Is it conceivable that there may be an autonomous evolution of digital publications in developing countries, entirely independent of the richest nations? What support policies could be implemented to promote the growth of this new industry and accompany traditional actors in the process of adapting ... more

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The Changing Representation of the Arab Woman in Middle East Advertising and Media

Badreya Nasser Abdullah Al Jenaibi

Global Media Journal - Arabian Edition, volume 1, issue 2 (2011), pp. 67-88

"As the United Arab Emirates continues to emerge as a cosmopolitan tourist destination, the marketing of Arab images to create metaphors of hospitality and openness, even sex appeal, will continue to grow. Images of Arab women are central to the branding of the UAE in its desired role as a globally ... known brand/product/service that goes beyond normal expectations, delivering incredible luxury, all with the open arms of a warm and generous society. Consequently, the UAE advertising and media industry has created a mixed brand of western and Islamic representations of local women that is sometimes controversial, sometimes liberating. Arab women are caught in the dichotomous push-pull dynamics of rapid modernization in an Islamic state. These women will undoubtedly participate in the emergence of new gender identities, but not without resistance and obstacles, some imposed on themselves as they seek to navigate the forces of capitalistic consumerism and its effects on identity. Within this complexity, the influence of Western advertising and its potential impact on traditional versions of female Islamic identity cannot be easily reduced to a simple negative, but it is certainly the case that the classic dismemberment and fetishization of the female body is likely to intensify in Arab consumer media. This radical shift in her existential and social status will undoubtedly have deep and wide effects on the condition of women in UAE society. The status of the values and traditions of Arab-Islamic femininity and motherhood will become a matter for contestation with these commercial forces, as women appear more and more as the enablers of a more liberal and globalised value system. Many Arab women, both traditional and more liberal, are learning to navigate the dualistic pressures of living in a modern society with strong traditional values. Yet, they face a bipolar existence, at least for now. On the one hand, the image of Arab woman is being used in the public sphere to create a brand of sophistication and hospitality. On the other, women who appear publicly are still judged, sometimes very harshly. Consequently, Arab marketing to Arab women as consumers and Arab women as drivers of consumption tread between the idealized traditional Arab woman and the marketable Arab woman. The Arab woman emerges as an advertisement both for herself and her nation, while maintaining an identity of piety and a traditional role within the family. The successful identity of Arab woman will maintain a sense of piety, while being appealing to a world audience. Can global consumerism and Arab female identity find a peaceful coexistence? It will likely require Arab women’s sensibilities to negotiate this new identity from within their culture at a pace that is not threatening to the culture in general. This renegotiation will require wisdom, courage and the logic of the marketplace, a complicated territory indeed." (Conclusion, page 84) more

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Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media

El Mustapha Lahlali

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2011), vii, 178 pp.

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Les médias arabes: Confluences médiatiques et dynamique sociale

Tourya Guaaybess

Paris: CNRS (2011), 231 pp.

"La libéralisation spectaculaire de l’espace médiatique arabe n’en finit pas de surprendre. Comment comprendre cette brutale explosion de créativité, ce foisonnement d’initiatives et d’énergie ? En quelques mois, ces sociétés auraient fait l’apprentissage de la liberté d’expressi ... more

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Social Media in the Arab World: Leading Up to the Uprisings of 2011

Jeffrey Ghannam

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2011), 39 pp.

"Key Findings: About 17 million people in the Arab region are using Facebook, available in Arabic, with 5 million in Egypt alone, and demand is expected to grow on micro-blogging sites. Twitter announced it will launch its Arabic interface in 2011; Arab governments are developing, at varying rates, ... more

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The Emergent Supranational Arab Media Policy Sphere

Marwan M. Kraidy

In: The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy

Robin Mansell; Marc Raboy (eds.)

Malden, Mass.: Wiley Blackwell (2011), pp. 293-305

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Radio Broadcasting in the Arab World

Muhammad Ayish

In: Arab Media: Globalization and Emerging Media Industries

Noha Mellor; Muhammad Ayish; Nabil Dajani; Khalil Rinnawi (eds.)

Cambridge; Maldon, Mass.: Polity Press (2011), pp. 67-84

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Arab Media: Globalization and Emerging Media Industries
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Noha Mellor, Muhammad Ayish, Nabil Dajani, Khalil Rinnawi

Cambridge, UK; Maldon, Mass.: Polity Press (2011), ix, 206 pp.

"This book provides a clear and authoritative introduction to the emerging Arab media industries in the context of globalization and its impacts, with a focus on publishing, press, broadcasting, cinema and new media. Through detailed discussions of the regulation and economics of these industries, t ... more

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New Questions, New Insights, New Approaches: Contributions to the Research Forum at the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth 2010

Cecilia von Feilitzen, Ulla Carlsson, Catharina Bucht

Göteborg: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media;Nordicom (2011), 275 pp.

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Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Vol. 2: Fundamentalism and Communication: Culture, Media and the Public Sphere

Ulrika Mårtensson, Jennifer Bailey, Priscilla Ringrose, Asbjorn Dyrendal (eds.)

London; New York: Tauris (2011), xi, 349 pp.

"How does religious fundamentalism operate in modern global society? This two-volume series analyses the dynamics of fundamentalism and its relationship to the modern state, the public sphere and globalisation. This second volume explores the links between fundamentalism and communication: the rise ... more

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Implementation Reports on Projects Approved and Financed in 2007-2009. Part 1: Africa, Arab Region

Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2010), 83 pp.

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

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