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Cyberactivists Paving the Way for the Arab Spring: Voices from Egypt, Tunisia and Libya

Mohammed El-Nawawy and Sahar Khamis, 1 Feb 2013

CyberOrient

Cyber Counselors: Online Fatwas, Arbitration Tribunals, and the Construction of Muslim Identity in the UK

Vit Sisler, 19 Nov 2012

Al Jazeera’s Framing of Social Media During the Arab Spring

Heidi A. Campbell and Diana Hawk, 30 Sep 2012

CyberOrient

Remixing the Spring!: Connective leadership and read-write practices in the 2011 Arab uprisings

Donatella Della Ratta and Augusto Valeriani, 30 Sep 2012

CyberOrient

The Islam-Online Crisis: A Battle of Wasatiyya vs. Salafi Ideologies?

Mona Abdel-Fadil, 22 Feb 2011

CyberOrient

Surfing the App Souq: Islamic Applications for Mobile Devices

Gary R. Bunt, 3 Aug 2010

CyberOrient

Socializing on the Internet: Case Study of Internet Use Among University Students in the United Arab Emirates

Dominika Sokol and Vit Sisler, 27 Jul 2010

Video Games, Video Clips, and Islam: New Media and the Communication of Values

Vit Sisler, 9 Nov 2009

Palestine in Pixels: The Holy Land, Arab-Israeli Conflict, and Reality Construction in Video Games

Vit Sisler, 19 Oct 2009

European Courts’ Authority Contested? The Case of Marriage and Divorce Fatwas On-line

Vit Sisler, 7 Jul 2009

CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East

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New Issue of the Arab Media and Society

Michal Zdenek, 14 Jun 2013

CyberOrient

Cyberactivists Paving the Way for the Arab Spring: Voices from Egypt, Tunisia and Libya

Mohammed El-Nawawy and Sahar Khamis, 1 Feb 2013

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Digital Islam is a research project edited by Vit Sisler and supported by the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague.

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Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet

Virtually Islamic: Research about Islam in the Digital Age

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Book: Diasporas and Diplomacy: Cosmopolitan contact zones at the BBC World Service (1932–2012)

The book analyzes the exercise of British ‘soft power’ through the BBC’s foreign language services, and the diplomatic role played by their diasporic broadcasters. The book offers the first historical and comparative analysis of the ‘corporate cosmopolitanism’ that has characterized the work of the BBC’s international services since the inception of its Empire Service in 1932 – from radio to the Internet.

Michal Zdenek, 23 May 2013

Iran and the Middle East: present and future challenges between international and domestic dynamics

Sep 12, 2013 – Sep 14, 2013

Venue: Florence

Country: Italy

Organiser: Italian Society of Political Science, University of Florence

Homepage: http://www.sisp.it/convegno/2013/sezioni/73/

Contact person: Paola Rivetti

Keywords: politics, Syria, Iran, Egypt, public sphere, Italy, photography

E-mail: paola.rivetti@dcu.ie

Deadline: May 10, 2013

Petr Nuska, 15 May 2013

Winners of The BOBs/Deutsche Welle Blog Awards 2013

Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle announced the winners of its annual The BOBs/Deutsche Welle Blog Awards. The Best Blog Award went to Li Chengpeng, a Chinese blogger and columnist. There were six Jury Awards categories (Best Blog, Best Innovation, Best Social Activism, Reporters Without Borders Award, Global Media Forum Award, and Most Creative & Original), six User Prizes in the same categories, and 14 language-specific User Prizes for Best Blogs.

Michal Zdenek, 7 May 2013

Book: Islamist Radicalisation in Europe and the Middle East: Reassessing the Causes of Terrorism

Are today's radicals tomorrow's extremists? Are adherents to Islamism necessarily extremist or violent? Most analyses of violence emanating from the Middle East or from Europe's Muslim communities tend to assume that this is the case. Not so in this book. The book, with a wide-ranging and case-by-case approach, examines the specific contexts of radicalism and asking what creates the conditions for radicalisation.

Michal Zdenek, 22 Apr 2013

Larsson, Göran, Book Review: Von Chatraum bis Cyberjihad: Muslimische Internetnutzung in lokaler und globaler Perspektive. CyberOrient, Vol. 6, Iss. 2, 2012 abstract full text

Göran Larsson, Review: Von Chatraum bis Cyberjihad: Muslimische Internetnutzung in lokaler und globaler Perspektive, CyberOrient, Vol. 6, Iss. 2, 2012

CyberOrient

Being a Muslim in the Age of Facebook, Youtube and Twitter. Anthropological Reflections on Media and Religion in Bamako, Cairo and Dar-Es-Salam

Apr 18, 2013 – Apr 19, 2013

Venue: Leuven

Country: Belgium

Organiser: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Homepage: http://soc.kuleuven.be/web/files/7/38/Call%20for%20Papers2013%20katrien&nadia%20%281%29.pdf

Contact person: Katrien Pype (IARA – KU Leuven)

Keywords: Mali, Islam, social networks, Egypt, Tanzania, Belgium

E-mail: Leuvenconference2013@gmail.com

Deadline: Feb 1, 2013

Petr Nuska, 13 Jan 2013

Enterría, Arturo Guerrero, e-Islam: the Spanish Public Virtual Sphere. CyberOrient, Vol. 5, Iss. 1, 2011 abstract full text

New Issue of the Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research

The Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research released its new issue (Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2012), edited by Noureddine Miladi from the Qatar University.

Michal Zdenek, 26 Nov 2012

New Book: Religion and the News

In this book journalists and religious leaders reflect on their interactions with one another and their experiences of creating news. Through a series of original contributions, leading practitioners shed light on how religious stories emerge into the public domain. Experienced journalists and religious representatives from different faith traditions critically consider their role in a rapidly evolving communicative environment.

Michal Zdenek, 1 Nov 2012