Anonymous, 24 May 2013
Research on Middle East, Islam and digital media
keyword: Lebanon

Survey: Media Use in the Middle East

The Northwestern University in Qatar conducted its Media Use in the Middle East survey and made the findings available online on an interactive website. the survey covers eight countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the UAE.

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.

Report: Social Media, Employment and Entrepreneurship: New Frontiers for the Economic Empowerment of Arab Youth?

The Dubai School of Government released its report Social Media, Employment and Entrepreneurship: New Frontiers for the Economic Empowerment of Arab Youth?, which analyzes perceptions on the impact of social media usage on economic empowerment, employment and entrepreneurship in eight surveyed countries in the Arab region.

New Book: National Broadcasting and State Policy in Arab Countries

The book provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the situation of national television, and address the following central question: What do the Arab national broadcastings say today about public policy in this sector and about political opening? The contributors to this volume deal with the reforms of public broadcasting organizations, relationships between national, private and public actors in this sector, and finally the evolution, perspectives and issues of national broadcasting.

Report: Mapping Digital Media: Lebanon

The Open Society Foundations released its report Mapping Digital Media: Lebanon written by Jad Melki, Yasmine Dabbous, Khaled Nasser & Sarah Mallat. "The Mapping Digital Media project examines the global opportunities and risks created by the transition from traditional to digital media. Covering 60 countries, the project examines how these changes affect the core democratic service that any media system should provide: news about political, economic, and social affairs."

New Issue of the Arab Media & Society

The online journal Arab Media & Society has published its new issue that reflects on the role of social media in the Arab uprisings. Contributors "question and qualify the power of new media to effect long-term political change." All included articles are available online or in the PDF format for download. Arab Media & Society, formerly TBS Journal, is a joint project of The Center for Electronic Journalism at the American University in Cairo and the Centre for Middle East Studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford.

Guide to Lebanese Twitter Users by BeirutSpring

Mustapha Hamoui who blogs at beirutspring.com published a list of "some of the most interesting Lebanese users of Twitter". The list includes more than 150 personalities and is divided into these categories: Politicians, Statesmen and Economists, Journalists, Scholars and Political Analysts, Bloggers and Online Activists, Media, Social Media and Marketing, Food, Technology, Business, ...

ARTE TV's Project: The Arab World in Revolution(s)

ARTE TV launched its new online project The Arab World in Revolution(s) which includes special TV programmes (Arab cinema movies and documentaries), video portraits of citizens from the region, interviews, cartoons and blogs (like blog on Tunisia's elections).

The AltMedia Experience in Beirut

Taking place in the AltCity media/tech/social impact collaboration space in Hamra, Beirut (due to officially launch this fall), The AltMedia Experience will bring together creators, innovators, and activists from the fields of alternative media, new media, citizen journalism, media innovation, creative expression, advocacy, and more.

New Book: Channels of Resistance in Lebanon: Liberation Propaganda, Hezbollah and the Media

This book investigates the culture and performance of Lebanese journalism. Zahera Harb is presenting here an alternative interpretation of propaganda under conditions of foreign occupation and the struggle against that occupation. She identifies the characteristics of 'liberation propaganda' through the coverage and experience of the two Lebanese TV stations Tele Liban and Al Manar within the historical, cultural, organisational and religious contexts in which they operated, and how these elements shaped their professional practice and their news values.
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