Anonymous, 18 Jun 2013
Research on Middle East, Islam and digital media
keyword: Europe

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.

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

Sep 12, 2013 – Sep 14, 2013
Florence
Italy
Italian Society of Political Science, University of Florence
http://www.sisp.it/convegno/2013/sezioni/73/
Paola Rivetti
politics, Syria, Iran, Egypt, public sphere, Italy, photography
paola.rivetti@dcu.ie
May 10, 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.

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.

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
Leuven
Belgium
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
http://soc.kuleuven.be/web/files/7/38/Call%20for%20Papers2013%20katrien&nadia%20%281%29.pdf
Katrien Pype (IARA – KU Leuven)
Mali, Islam, social networks, Egypt, Tanzania, Belgium
Leuvenconference2013@gmail.com
Feb 1, 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.

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.
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