Media in the Middle East: Activism, Politics, and Culture
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xxxii, 265 pp.
Contains figures, tables, index
ISBN 978-3-319-65771-4 (ebook); 978-3-319-65770-7 (print)
"This edited volume offers the first extended, cross-disciplinary exploration of the cumulative problems and increasing importance of various forms of media in the Middle East. Leading scholars with expertise in Middle Eastern studies discuss their views and perceptions of the media’s influence on regional and global change. Focusing on aspects of economy, digital news, online businesses, gender-related issues, social media, and film, the contributors of this volume detail media’s role in political movements throughout the Middle East. The volume illustrates how the increase in Internet connections and mobile applications have resulted in an emergence of indispensable tools for information acquisition, dissemination, and activism." (Publisher description)
PART I. ON MEDIA ACTIVISM AND POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT
1 Revisiting Cyberactivism Six Years after the Arab Spring: Potentials, Limitations and Future Prospects / Sahar Khamis, 3
2 Constructing an Alternative Public Sphere: The Cultural Significance of Social Media in Iran / Gi Yeon Koo, 21
3 You've Come A Long Way Baby: Women's New Media Practices, Empowerment, and Everyday Life in Kuwait and the Middle East / Deborah L. Wheeler, 45
PART II. ON GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL MEDIA ORGANISATIONS
4 Location, Regulation, and Media Production in the Arab World: A Case Study of Media Cities / Yushi Chiba, 71
5 Preventing a Mobilization from Spreading: Assad and the Electronic War / Matthieu Rey, 89
6 Spectacles of Terror: Media and the Cultural Production of Terrorism / Suzi Mirgani, 107
PART III. MEDIA, CULTURE AND LANGUAGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
7 Winning Hearts and Minds through Soft Power: The Case of Turkish Soap Operas in the Middle East / Jana Jabbour, 145
8 Locating Emirati Filmmaking within Globalizing Media Ecologies / Dale Hudson, 165
9 Protest Poetry On- and Offline: Trans-regional Interactions in the Arabian Gulf: An Example from Bahrain / Nele Lenze, 203
10 Arabic in a Time of Revolution: Sociolinguistic Notes from Egypt / Ivan Panovic, 223
1 Revisiting Cyberactivism Six Years after the Arab Spring: Potentials, Limitations and Future Prospects / Sahar Khamis, 3
2 Constructing an Alternative Public Sphere: The Cultural Significance of Social Media in Iran / Gi Yeon Koo, 21
3 You've Come A Long Way Baby: Women's New Media Practices, Empowerment, and Everyday Life in Kuwait and the Middle East / Deborah L. Wheeler, 45
PART II. ON GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL MEDIA ORGANISATIONS
4 Location, Regulation, and Media Production in the Arab World: A Case Study of Media Cities / Yushi Chiba, 71
5 Preventing a Mobilization from Spreading: Assad and the Electronic War / Matthieu Rey, 89
6 Spectacles of Terror: Media and the Cultural Production of Terrorism / Suzi Mirgani, 107
PART III. MEDIA, CULTURE AND LANGUAGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
7 Winning Hearts and Minds through Soft Power: The Case of Turkish Soap Operas in the Middle East / Jana Jabbour, 145
8 Locating Emirati Filmmaking within Globalizing Media Ecologies / Dale Hudson, 165
9 Protest Poetry On- and Offline: Trans-regional Interactions in the Arabian Gulf: An Example from Bahrain / Nele Lenze, 203
10 Arabic in a Time of Revolution: Sociolinguistic Notes from Egypt / Ivan Panovic, 223
