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The psychological wellbeing of Iranian journalists: A descriptive study

Anthony Feinstein, Saul Feinstein, Maziar Behari, Bennis Pavisian

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open, volume 7, issue 12 (2016), pp. 1-5

"Iran ranks 173 out of 180 countries on an index of press freedom. The purpose of the study was to assess the psychological wellbeing of Iranian journalists and document the stressors encountered in their work. Design: A secure website was established and participants were given their unique identif ... more

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Citizen Media and Public Spaces: Diverse Expressions of Citizenship and Dissent

Mona Baker, Bolette Blaagaard (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2016), xii, 250 pp.

"Citizen Media and Public Spaces presents a pioneering exploration of citizen media as a highly interdisciplinary domain that raises vital political, social and ethical issues relating to conceptions of citizenship and state boundaries, the construction of publics and social imaginaries, processes o ... more

The safety of Al Jazeera English journalists in Egypt

Andrea Baker

Global Media Journal - African Edition, volume 10, issue 2 (2016), pp. 68-91

"The imprisonment of Al Jazeera English (AJE) journalists (Australian Peter Greste, Egyptian-Canadian national Mohamed Fahmy, and Egyptian Baher Mohamed) in Egypt between 2013 and 2015 reflected the recent ten agenda items of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNES ... more

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#HashtagSolidarities: Twitter Debates and Networks in the MENA Region

Mareike Transfeld, Isabelle Werenfels (eds.)

Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) (2016), 62 pp.

"This study identified three local or subregional incidents that led to heated debates on Twitter: a video shared on Twitter of the sexual assault of a woman on Cairo’s Tahrir Square in June 2014, anti-fracking protests in southern Algeria in early 2015, and Saudi Arabia’s military intervention ... more

Media Consumption in Iraq

Mohamed Younis

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG);Gallup (2016), 52 slides

"Key takeaways: Internet use is increasing rapidly, but not replacing TV; Increases vary significantly by province; Internet trends will change as Iraqi government and ISIS vie for control of media." (Slide 32) "Kurds live in a different media environment and rely primarily on Kurdish language TV; D ... more

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Strategies for Media Reform: International Perspectives

Des Freedman, Jonathan Obar, Cheryl Martens, Robert McChesney (eds.)

New York: Fordham University Press (2016), 360 pp.

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Religion and Global Media: Impact of Arabic TV Channels on Lowland Eritrean Youth

Indira S. Mannar, Vijayalakshmi Peddiboyina

Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, volume 9, issue 2 (2016), pp. 221-236

"Satellite TV channels from the Middle East started beaming into Eritrea from 1996, and the Eritrean youth are avid consumers of the global messages from across the borders. Following an in-depth interview method as a research technique, using an unstructured, openended questionnaire, the present st ... more

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Kurdish Diaspora Online: From Imagined Community to Managing Communities

Jowan Mahmod

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xiii, 243 pp.

"The argument offered in this book is that new technology, as opposed to traditional media such as television, radio, and newspaper, is working against the national grain to weaken its imagined community. Online activities and communications between people and across borders suggest that digital med ... more

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Das digitale Kalifat: Die geheime Macht des Islamischen Staates

Abdel Bari Atwan

München: Beck (2016), 299 pp.

"Viele Computerspiele faszinieren durch die Verbindung von mittelalterlichem Ambiente und Hightech. Genau hier liegt für viele Jihadisten auch die Faszination des IS, der eine "mittelalterliche" Ordnung mit Hilfe des Internets aufrechterhält. Das Steuersystem orientiert sich am Koran, wird aber di ... more

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The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism

Carolyn M. Byerly (ed.)

Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, paperback ed. (2016), xxxi, 477 pp.

"Now in paperback for the first time, the Handbook is an academic adaptation of information contained in the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media, a study commissioned by the International Women's Media Foundation. The book's editor was the principal investigator of the original study. ... more

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Arab Book Publishing

Christof Galli

In: Library and Information Science in the Middle East and North Africa

De Gruyter Saur (2016), pp. 1-27

"The persistence of print publishing means that librarians must continue to collect and pay attention to publishing developments in this type of material. The fractured environment and lack of unified distribution mechanisms, a situation that is only exacerbated by ongoing turmoil in the region will ... more

Thirty Rising Media Markets 2016

Anne Austin, Jonathan Barnard, Nicola Hutcheon

London: ZenithOptimedia (2016), 51 pp.

"The markets we do include are a very diverse bunch, from the very closed and politically tightly controlled such as Laos; through a large number of nations on the African continent which have seen a sudden improvement in digital infrastructure thanks to the landing of several new submarine intercon ... more

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La presse écrite: Crise ou mutations?

Sadok Hammami (coord.)

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2016), 135 pp.

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Länderbericht Israel

Gisela Dachs (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2016), 765 pp.

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Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World: A Decade of Change

Lena Jayyusi, Anne Sofie Roald (eds.)

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), viii, 327 pp.

"Much has been made of the role of various media in the shaping of conflicts and political agendas in today's Arab world. This volume examines this topic with interdisciplinary contributions that range across media studies, anthroplogy, religious studies, and political science and explore both new a ... more

Who Owns the World's Media? Media Concentration and Ownership Around the World
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Eli M. Noam (ed.)

Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2016), xix, 1412 pp.

"Media concentration has been an issue around the world. To some observers the power of large corporations has never been higher. To others, the Internet has brought openness and diversity. What perspective is correct? The answer has significant implications for politics, business, culture, regulati ... more

Freedom of Expression and Media in Transition: Studies and Reflections in the Digital Age
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Ulla Carlsson (ed.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), 199 pp.

Journalism in Conflict and Post-Conflict Conditions: Worldwide Perspectives
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Kristin Skare Orgeret, William Tayeebwa (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom;UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression, Media Development and Global Policy (2016), 202 pp.

"The aim of the present book is to provide both empirical and theoretical input to the discussions of the role of journalism and media in conflict and post-conflict situations and in the often rather muddy waters between them. Together, the contributions to this book from different parts of the worl ... more

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A Divine Cosmopolitism? Religion, Media and Imagination in a Socially Divided Cairo

Heba Elsayed

Media, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 1 (2016), pp. 48-63

"With a focus on young Egyptian women, this article explores the different ways it becomes possible to reconcile a Muslim identity with a cosmopolitan openness towards the world. Informed primarily by transnational television, these women articulate a divine cosmopolitan imagination through which th ... more