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Reality on the Ground: Exploring News Production Practices by Syrian Journalists in Times of Conflict

Tania Ouariachi, Lidia Peralta

Journalism Practice, volume 17, issue 2 (2023), pp. 283-299

"While most research on the Syrian revolution has been focussing on content analysis about how Western mainstream media cover and frame the conflict, this paper aims at exploring journalistic practices by Syrian journalists. We look at three concrete aspects: the socio-labor profile of the practitio ... more

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Meta’s Broken Promises: Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content on Instagram and Facebook

Deborah Brown, Rasha Younes

Human Rights Watch (2023), 68 pp.

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Urgent call to prioritise communication in Gaza

London: CDAC Network (2023), 4 pp.

"Gaza has experienced five near-total communications blackouts since since 7 October 2023.1 People cannot access critical information. They cannot reach loved ones. Aid agencies cannot contact staff or coordinate assistance. Media coverage and documentation is further restricted." (Page 1)

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Mis- and Disinformation: Media Perception and Consumption of Fake News in Lebanon

Nidal Ayoub

Metn: Samir Kassir Foundation (2023), 20 pp.

"Participants in the study take a snapshot of a variety of news channels and social media platforms to get their news, evaluating their truthfulness and attempting to “figure out the truth.” Across different focus groups, there is a shared lack of trust in news channels, and no media outlet is p ... more

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Photojournalists’ Social and Economic Rights in Lebanon

Nadine Moubarak

Metn: Samir Kassir Foundation (2023), 58 pp.

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Decolonising knowledge production: The experience of the Syrian Female Journalists Network (SFJN)

Hayma Alyousfi, Rand Sabbagh

Gender & Development, volume 31, issue 2-3 (2023), pp. 457–476

"This article delves into the Syrian Female Journalists Network’s (SFJN) approach to decolonise knowledge production, focusing on a multifaceted deconstructive framework. Through an examination of our analytic and deconstructive process of media language and discourse, our methodology centres on i ... more

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Media Coverage of Religious Diversity and Freedoms: Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan

Jaber Baker

Metn: Samir Kassir Foundation (2023), 19 pp.

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Consultation on media viability in Tunisia

Tunis: Al Khatt;Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD);Pamt2;Pencils Consulting;UNESCO (2023), 20 pp.

"[...] a roundtable on media sustainability was organised in collaboration with several stakeholders in the sector, to propose concrete policy recommendations to ensure the sustainability of media organisations. The roundtable brought together local media representatives, media development organisat ... more

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Mixed Methods Perspectives on Communication and Social Media Research

Reynaldo Gacho Segumpan, Joanna Soraya Abu Zahari (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxviii, 280 pp.

"Mixed Methods Perspectives on Communication and Social Media Research addresses the need for a discipline-cum-methodology-tailored book that navigates the current research spectrum of communication and social media ("CommSocMed"). It examines contemporary and relevant issues that intertwine the exp ... more

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Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages
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Genner Llanes-Ortiz et al.

Paris: UNESCO;Global Voices (2023), 193 pp.

"This toolkit has been co-designed in close partnership with both established and emerging networks of Indigenous digital practitioners, language advocates, and collaborators, within the framework of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. The toolkit promotes the foundation of l ... more

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Disputed archival heritage

James Lowry (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xiv, 342 pp.

"Disputed Archival Heritage brings important new perspectives into the discourse on displaced archives. In contrast to shared or joint heritage framings, the book considers the implications of force, violence and loss in the displacement of archival heritage. With chapters from established and emerg ... more

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Discord or Dialogue: Religious Authorities on Twitter in Iraq, Lebanon, and Sudan

Jad Safwan

Metn: Samir Kassir Foundation (2023), 33 pp.

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The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance

Stephen Boucher, Carina Antonia Hallin, Lex Paulson (eds.)

New York: Routledge (2023), xxx, 522 pp.

"The Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance explores the concepts, methodologies, and implications of collective intelligence for democratic governance, in the first comprehensive survey of this field. Illustrated by a collection of inspiring case studies and edit ... more

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Challenges and Perspectives of Hate Speech Research
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Christian Strippel, Sünje Paasch-Colberg, Martin Emmer, Joachim Trebbe (eds.)

Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies (2023), 482 pp.

"This book is the result of a conference that could not take place. It is a collection of 26 texts that address and discuss the latest developments in international hate speech research from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. This includes case studies from Brazil, Lebanon, Poland, Nigeria, ... more

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Reality TV and Civic Engagement: Researching the Lives of the Young Palestinians Who Ran for ‘The President’

Valentina Baú

Creative Industries Journal (2023), 21 pp.

"This article analyses the role that Reality TV can play in the lives of young participants, when a programme is designed as a strategic intervention to achieve change. With roots in Communication for Development notions, this study brings together different theoretical fields to illustrate how medi ... more

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Debating Religion and Forced Migration Entanglements

Elzbieta M. Gozdziak, Izabella Main (eds.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2023), xiv, 196 pp.

"This open access book brings into dialogue migration and religion scholars with spiritual leaders and representatives of faith-based organizations assisting refugees. Migration has always been part of spiritual development. The current 'refugee crisis' has brought to the fore debates regarding the ... more

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Die Hydra des Dschihadismus: Entstehung, Ausbreitung und Abwehr einer globalen Gefahr

Asiem El Difraoui

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2023), 366 pp.

"Die grausamen Handlungen dschihadistischer Gruppierungen wie der „Al-Qaida“ oder des „Islamischen Staates“ schockieren und verbreiten Angst. Immer wieder scheinen neue Attentäter nachzurücken, ein Phänomen, das Asiem El Difraoui mit den stets nachwachsenden Köpfen einer Hydra vergleicht ... more

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Kuratierte Öffentlichkeit: Eine postkoloniale Ethnografie journalistischer Praxis in Jordanien

Johanna Montanari

Bielefeld: transcript (2023), 265 pp.

"Öffentlichkeit ist der zentrale Begriff in Diskussionen über Demokratie und politische Partizipation. Johanna Montanari erweitert den Öffentlichkeitsbegriff postkolonial, indem sie den globalen Süden nicht als defizitären Raum "nachholender Modernisierung" beschreibt, sondern die Anstrengungen ... more

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Reimagining Civil Society Collaborations in Development: Starting from the South

Margit van Wessel, Tiina Kontinen, Justice Nyigmah Bawole (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), xv, 348 pp.

"At a time when uneven power dynamics are high on development actors' agenda, this book will be an important contribution to researchers and practitioners working on innovation in development and civil society. While there is much discussion of localization, decolonization and 'shifting power' in ci ... more

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Journalistic practices in restrictive contexts: A sociological approach to the case of Iran

Banafsheh Ranji

London; New York: Routledge (2023), 131 pp.

"Based on fieldwork conducted in Iran, this book discusses how it is possible for journalism to exist and function in a restrictive context. The book brings together a range of structural (macro), organizational (meso), and individual (micro) processes to analyse journalistic practice in a political ... more

Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages Key Guidance Inspiring Practice

Challenges and Perspectives of Hate Speech Research Top Insights

Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages
Key Guidance

Inspiring Practice

Challenges and Perspectives of Hate Speech Research
Top Insights