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

Michal Zdenek, 23 May 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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Islamopedia On-Line

Arab Information Project

New Media and Information Technology in the Middle East (NMIT)

Middle East Virtual Library (MENALIB)

Middle East Studies Association (MESA)

Arab Media and Society Journal

Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM)

Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet

Virtually Islamic: Research about Islam in the Digital Age

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Courtney Radsch's Arab Media Blog

New Book: Distant Witness: Social Media, the Arab Spring and a Journalism Revolution

In this book, NPR social media chief Andy Carvin – “the man who tweets revolutions” - offers a unique first-person recap of the Arab Spring. Part memoir, part history, the book includes intimate stories of the revolutionaries who fought for freedom on the streets and across the Internet - stories that would have never been recorded before the days of social media.

Michal Zdenek, 1 Mar 2013

New Issue of the Arab Media and Society

The online journal Arab Media & Society has published its new issue that discusses the role of social media before the Arab Spring and the current state of traditional news media. 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.

Michal Zdenek, 21 Feb 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

Alzaagy, Abdulrahman, The Time of Concluding the Contract in E-Commerce from Islamic Legal Perspective. CyberOrient, Vol. 6, Iss. 2, 2012 abstract full text

Abdulrahman Alzaagy, The Time of Concluding the Contract in E-Commerce from Islamic Legal Perspective, CyberOrient, Vol. 6, Iss. 2, 2012

CyberOrient

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

CyberOrient

New Book: Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds

The book offers a critical and systematic survey of the study of religion and new media. It covers religious engagement with a wide range of new media forms and highlights examples of new media engagement in all five of the major world religions. From cell phones and video games to blogs and Second Life, the book considers the theoretical, ethical and theological issues raised.

Michal Zdenek, 25 Dec 2012

Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. (Eds.), Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy. The Johns Hopkins University Press abstract full text

Book: Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy

The book's introductory section defines the debate with a foundational piece on liberation technology and is then followed by essays discussing the popular dichotomy of "liberation" versus "control" with regard to the Internet and the sociopolitical dimensions of such controls. Additional chapters delve into the cases of individual countries: China, Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia.

Michal Zdenek, 11 Dec 2012