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China: Foreign Media Representation & Image Abroad
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Emruz (Website, Iran)
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Arab Spring (2010-2012)
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Statebuilding
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Everyday Life
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Al-Hurra (Television Channel)
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Digital Media and the Politics of Transformation in the Arab World and Asia
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2018), vi, 189 pp.
"In times of increasing mediatization and digitalization media play an important role in political and societal transformation processes. The authors of this volume take an actor-centered perspective to shed light on current cases in Arab and Asian countries. They inquire into the ways processes of
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Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics
New York, NY: Oxford University Press (2018), ix, 462 pp.
"Analysing millions of news stories together with Twitter and Facebook shares, broadcast television and YouTube, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the architecture of contemporary American political communications. Through data analysis and detailed qualitative case studies of coverage o
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Online Activism in Politically Restricted Central Asia: A Comparative Review of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
In: Handbook of Communication for Development and Social Change
Jan Servaes (ed.)
Singapore: Springer (2018), pp. 961-976
"This comparative study examined the Internet’s role and wider social media in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, three Central Asian countries in the democratization process. Specifically, this work aims to discuss how the Internet and social media are allowing Internet users wider opportuni
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Fakepolítica: Democracia y digitalización
Nueva Sociedad, issue 269 (2017), pp. 40-147
From the Web to the Streets: Internet and Protests Under Authoritarian Regimes
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Democratization, volume 24, issue 3 (2017), pp. 498-520
"This article systematically investigates the relationship between internet use and protests in authoritarian states and democracies. It argues that unlike in democracies, internet use has facilitated the occurrence of protests in authoritarian regimes, developing a theoretical rationale for this cl
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Digitale Öffentlichkeit: Wie algorithmische Prozesse den gesellschaftlichen Diskurs beeinflussen
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung (2017), 85 pp.
"Von algorithmischen Prozessen gesteuerte Intermediäre wie Google oder Facebook haben im Vergleich zu redaktionell gesteuerten Medien wie dem Fernsehen einen großen, aber bislang nicht entscheidenden Einfluss auf die öffentliche Meinungsbildung. Sie bewerten die Relevanz von Inhalten viel stärke
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Politicizing Digital Space: Theory, the Internet, and Renewing Democracy
London: University of Westminster Press (2017), 154 pp.
"The objective of this book is to outline how a radically democratic politics can be reinvigorated in theory and practice through the use of the internet. The author argues that politics in its proper sense can be distinguished from anti-politics by analyzing the configuration of public space, subje
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#Democracy: Social Media Use and Democratic Legitimacy in Central and Eastern Europe
Democratization, volume 24, issue 4 (2017), pp. 632-650
"While other studies have shown that mass media can influence a person's attitudes and opinions in the region, none has explored what effect social media can have on orientations toward democracy in the region. In the following paper, I build several hypotheses based on previous studies of media eff
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Atlas des Arabischen Frühlings: Eine Weltreligion im Umbruch
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Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2016), 333 pp.
"Der Atlas stellt anhand von Texten, Grafiken und Illustrationen die wichtigsten Ereignisse und Protagonisten der sozialen und politischen Umbrüche in der arabischen Welt vor. Er beleuchtet speziell auch die regionalen wie globalen Auswirkungen. Dabei kommen ganz wesentlich Journalisten und Wissens
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Mediated Identities and New Journalism in the Arab World: Mapping the "Arab Spring"
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xiii, 214 pp.
"This book looks into the role played by mediated communication, particularly new and social media, in shaping various forms of struggles around power, identity and religion at a time when the Arab world is going through an unprecedented period of turmoil and upheaval. The book provides unique and m
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Tweeting Democracy: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Social Media Use in the Differing Politics of Senegal and Ethiopia’s Newspapers
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 8, issue 2 (2016), pp. 167-185
"This descriptive, empirical study gives context to how print journalists in two politically different African nations, Senegal and Ethiopia, use Twitter and Facebook to report the news and to what extent. We ask, ‘how is this new model of online reporting manifesting itself in Ethiopian and Seneg
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Focus: New Media
ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, volume 9, issue 2 (2016), pp. 187-318
Social Media in the Arab World: Communication and Public Opinion in the Gulf States
London: Tauris (2016), xv, 258 pp.
"Following the Arab Spring, the use of social media has become instrumental in organising activist movements and spreading political dissent in the Middle East. New online behaviours have transformed traditional communication channels, enabling young people of all backgrounds to feel politically emp
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Arab National Media and Political Change: "recording the Transition"
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), vi, 202 pp.
"Investigated from a journalistic perspective, this research addresses the role played by traditional national media in consolidating emerging democracies or in exacerbating their fragility within new political contexts. Also analyzed are the ways journalists report about politics and transformation
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Assessing the Impact of Social Media on Political Communication and Civic Engagement in Uganda
Kampala: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), vii, 88 pp.
Digital Discrimination: Political Bias in Internet Service Provision Across Ethnic Groups
Science, volume 353, issue 6304 (2016), pp. 1151-1155
"The global expansion of the Internet is frequently associated with increased government transparency, political rights, and democracy. However, this assumption depends on marginalized groups getting access in the first place. Here we document a strong and persistent political bias in the allocation
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In Search of Local Knowledge on ICTs in Africa
Stability: International Journal of Security & Development, volume 4, issue 1 (35) (2015), pp. 1-15
"This article explores whether, and to what extent, local knowledge features in research on the role of ICTs in statebuilding and peacebuilding in Africa, with a particular focus on neighboring Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. We question whether the claims of the transformative power of ICTs are backe
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Facebook, Twitter & Co.: Die politische Rolle sozialer Netzwerkmedien
In: Arabische Medien
Carola Richter; Asiem El Difraoui (eds.)
Konstanz; München: UVK (2015), pp. 63-74
"Mit Blick auf die Rolle sozialer Netzwerkmedien in arabischen Gesellschaften lässt sich resümierend festhalten, dass durch deren vielfältige Nutzungsmöglichkeiten während Protestphasen und unter den restriktiven Bedingungen autoritärer Herrschaft übergreifende bürgerschaftliche Identitäten
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Demokratisierung durch Social Media? Mediensymposium 2012
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2015), 290 pp.
Online Arab Spring: Social Media and Fundamental Change
Waltham, MA: Chandos Publishing;Elsevier (2015), xvi, 91 pp.
"What is the role of social media on fundamental change in Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa? Online Arab Spring responds to this question, considering five countries: Egypt, Libya, Jordan, Yemen, and Tunisia, along with additional examples. The book asks why the penetration rate fo
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