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Peeling the Onion: A Multi-Layered Infodemic and its Impact on Trust for Syrians in Lebanon
Internews (2021), 68 pp.
"Internews focuses primarily on the information ecosystem for Syrian refugees residing in Lebanon to acknowledge and unpack the unique experiences for Syrians at a time when information is heavily impacted by Lebanon’s various compounding crises. The ecosystem for Syrians is assessed here as an ec
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Media Viability in Lebanon: Applying DW Akademie’s Media Viability Indicators (MVIs)
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2021), 46 pp.
"The biggest detriments to news media viability in Lebanon include: The political partisanship of the media; A lack of sustainable business models for the media; An oversaturated and hypercompetitive media market resulting in lowered quality of content; Too little competition in the advertisement ma
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Das Selbstmordattentat im Bild: Aktualität und Geschichte von Märtyrerzeugnissen
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag (2021), 314 pp.
"Selbstmordattentate werden seit jeher von Bildern begleitet und durch diese bestimmt. Von Märtyrerpostern über Videotestamente bis hin zu Computersimulationen und Livestreams vom Tatort - die Bildproduktionen der Milizen sind auf vielfältige Weise an der Tat beteiligt und müssen als Akteure im
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"The key statistical findings for the region are that electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) placed on the market (POM) increased by 30 per cent from 3.2 megatons (Mt), or 8.8 kilograms per inhabitant (kg/inh), in 2010 to 4.1 Mt (or 9.5 kg/inh) in 2019. The Arab States mostly import, rather than
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Hybrid Media and Hybrid Politics: Contesting Informational Uncertainty in Lebanon and Tunisia
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 26, issue 4 (2021), pp. 842-860
"This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between hybrid media and hybrid politics in Lebanon and Tunisia. While previous research on the media in hybrid regimes has mainly focused on regime strategies of restricting and manipulating public debate, our analysis moves beyond repression. We ar
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Routledge Handbook on Arab Media
Deep Insights
London; New York: Routledge (2021), 528 pp.
"This Handbook provides the first comprehensive reference book in English about the development of mass and social media in all Arab countries. Capturing the historical as well as current developments in the media scene, this collection maps the role of media in social and political movements. Contr
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Arab Media Systems
Deep Insights
Cambridge: Open Book Publishers (2021), xliv, 345 pp.
"This volume provides a comparative analysis of media systems in the Arab world, based on criteria informed by the historical, political, social, and economic factors influencing a country's media. Reaching beyond classical western media system typologies, Arab Media Systems brings together contribu
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National Consultations on Solutions to Promote Media Viability While Preserving Media Independence: Consultations on Media Viability in Brazil, El Salvador, Indonesia, Jamaica, Lebanon, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal and Tunisia
Deep Insights
Amsterdam: Free Press Unlimited (2021), 33 pp.
"The intersection between media and politics remains very strong in several countries under study. In these conditions, there is often little transparency on media ownership and a lack of transparency on local funding sources of media. Relatedly, in some cases, a change in government policies was ra
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Media Accountability in the MENA Region: Pilot Study
Dortmund: Erich-Brost-Institut (2021), 173 pp.
"This study focuses on researching applied media accountability instruments in existing institutions in the MENA region, including press councils, trade journals, ethic codes, newsroom blogs, ombudspeople in newsrooms, ethic codes of specific media outlets, media observatories as well as the social
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The Handbook of Media Education Research
Newark: Wiley (2021), 529 pp.
"Featuring contributions from a diverse range of internationally-recognized experts and practitioners, this timely volume discusses recent developments in the field in the context of related scholarship, public policy, formal and non-formal teaching and learning, and DIY and community practice. Offe
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Media and Information Landscape in Lebanon
Internews; Maharat Foundation (2021), 59 pp.
"Through a combination of qualitative in-depth interviews with alternative media outlets, quantitative audience surveys involving over 1500 respondents, and focus-group discussions with women and youth civil society actors, this media and information landscape (MILA) evaluates the level of trust tow
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"The Lebanese media sector is facing a profound crisis and there are many journalists and media staff, working in the local and pan-Arab media outlets based in Beirut, who have not been paid for long time or have lost their jobs. As-Safir, a historic newspaper, was forced to close, and An-Nahar has
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Global Information Society Watch 2020. Technology, the Environment and a Sustainable World: Responses from the Global South
Deep Insights
"The world is facing an unprecedented climate and environmental emergency. Scientists have identified human activity as primarily responsible for the climate crisis, which together with rampant environmental pollution, and the unbridled activities of the extractive and agricultural industries, pose
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The Lebanese Uprising in the Digital Age
CyberOrient, volume 14, issue 2 (2020), pp. 85-98
"On October 17, 2019, following the announcement of a tax to be placed on calls made via the mobile communication application WhatsApp, thousands of Lebanese citizens took to the streets to protest against this arbitrary decision. The protest quickly morphed into a country-wide uprising in which cit
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Minority and Indigenous Trends 2020: Focus on Technology
Deep Insights
London: Minority Rights Group International (2020), 189 pp.
Media Coverage of Religious Freedom and Diversity in Iraq, Lebanon and Sudan: Content Analysis Report
Beirut: Samir Kassir Foundation; Internews (2020), 57 pp.
"The most mentioned religious groups include Muslims (Sunnis and Shiites). This is logical given that Islam is the majority religion in the three monitored countries. There is also a fair amount of content mentioning Christians in each country as well as Shiites and Sunnis in both Lebanon and Iraq.
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Love and Resistance in the Films of Mai Masri
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xxxii, 144 pp.
"This book covers Mai Masri’s three decades documenting iconic moments of Palestinian and Lebanese linked history. Her films, unique for giving agency to her subjects, tell much about the untold, unseen people, namely women and children, who lived these experiences of war and occupation. Former Le
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Communication publique, espace et citoyennete
Paris: L'Harmattan (2020), 290 pp.
