Anonymous, 25 May 2013
Research on Middle East, Islam and digital media
keyword: Internet studies

IFA's Report: Iran and the New Media — Challenges for International Broadcasters

The Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, ifa), a Germany-based institution for international cultural exchange, released a report titled "Iran and the New Media — Challenges for International Broadcasters".

CyberOrient Special Issue: “The Net Worth of the Arab Spring”

The Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association; Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague
http://www.cyberorient.net/
Ines Braune
media studies, censorship, Middle East, social networks, democracy, public sphere, activism, Middle Eastern studies, ethnography, Internet studies
May 31, 2012

Digital Religion

Jun 13, 2012 – Jun 15, 2012
Åbo / Turku
Finland
The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi University
http://web.abo.fi/instut/di/congress2012/index.html?mid=54
ethnography, study of religion, Internet studies, communication studies
donner.institute@abo.fi
Feb 15, 2012

Information, Communication and Society's Special Issue: Religion and the Internet: Considering the online–offline connection

The peer-reviewed journal Information, Communication and Society has released its special issue Religion and the Internet: Considering the online–offline connection (Vol. 14, Issue 8, 2011). The articles are available to buy online.

New Book: Muslim Women Online: Faith and Identity in Virtual Space

This book examines Muslim women in transnational online groups, and their views on education, culture, marriage, sexuality, work, dress-code, race, class and sisterhood. Looking at both egalitarian and traditionalist Muslim women's views, the author considers their interpretations of Islam and identifies a new category of holists who focus on developing the Islamic sisterhood. Drawing on detailed analysis of online transcripts, she highlights women's rhetorical techniques and the thorough knowledge of Islamic sources which they use to justify their points in online discussions.

The International Journal of Communication's new issue covers the Arab Spring

The online, peer-reviewed International Journal of Communication has published its new issue (Vol. 5, 2011) that, among others, includes a series of articles related to the Arab Spring events. These articles are available for PDF download.

Faith Based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries Report

The OpenNet Initiative published its report In the Name of God: Faith Based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries authored by Helmi Noman. The paper "analyzes the Internet censorship policies and practices of majority Muslim countries and finds that in many of these countries online information controls are primarily based on the Islamic faith and interpretations of its instructions."

Report on Online Security in the MENA Region

The report describes the results of a survey of 98 bloggers in the Middle East and North Africa carried out in May 2011 in order to study bloggers’ perceptions of online risk and the actions they take to address digital communications security, including both Internet and cell phone use. The survey was implemented in the wake of the Arab spring and documents a proliferation of online security problems among the respondents.

New Book: Media, Culture and Society in Malaysia

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the uses of media and communication technologies by different social actors in Malaysia. Unlike other studies of the media in Malaysia which concentrate on "political economy" or "freedom of the media" approaches, this book focuses on the ways in which different media forms have constituted cultural practices and power relations amongst particular audiences and publics. It also examines the ways in which technologies of varying scales and range have been appropriated for various subaltern purposes and counter-hegemonic agendas.
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