The Arab world
Subtitle: the role of media in the Arab world's transformation process : symposium proceedings : Deutsche Welle Media Dialogue, May 2012
By: Christoph Schmidt (ed.) ; contributing authors: Leoni Abel ... [and 14 others]
Contributors: Schmidt, Christoph, editor
Series: Edition International media studies -- v. 4; Edition International media studies -- v. 4.
Publisher: Deutsche Welle; Vistas
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bonn; Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9783891585863
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Arab Spring, 2010-; Congresses; In mass media; Social media
Other titles: Role of media in the Arab world's transformation process
Notes: International conference proceedings.

Academy publication.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The transformation process : from state controlled media to virtual freedom of expression? / Christoph Schmidt; title: Facebook versus state control : Egypt's evolving media landscape following the revolution / Ronald Meinardus; title: Egyptian media in transition / Hamza Mohammed; title: The Web 2.0 revolution and the Arab world : the role of the new media as political infrastructure : an assessment / Asiem El Difraoui with Leoni Abel; title: The delay in the transition of the Egyptian media system : distractions, old habits, crossing the lines / Nadia Neihs; title: New media in the Arab Spring demystified! : a study of satellite television and social networks' role in Arab political transitions / Mohammad Ibrahim Ayish; title: Facebook campaigns in the Arab uprisings : the role of Kulluna Khaled Said / Omair Anas; title: Social media and politics in Egypt : a tool for well-informed and active citizens or just media as usual? / Adel Saleh; title: Organizational and collective identity function of social media in Egypt : a qualitative approach to mechanisms of use and intermediary effects of social media in the process of protest mobilization during the Egyptian Revolution / Eira Martens; title: Interpreting revolutionary Arabic : terms and vocabulary in the language(s) of the Arab Spring / Moises Garduño; title: Major sporting events and political protest : how Arab athletes used social media in the run-up to the Olympic Games 2012 / Daniela Schaaf/Jörg-Uwe Nieland; title: US cable news : experts, entertainment and politics in reporting on Egypt / Marguerite Moritz; title: First free election in Tunisia : do results reflect the political affinity between parties and Internet users? / Oualid Bada.