Media in the Middle East: activism, politics, and culture

Intro -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I On Media Activism and Political Involvement -- Chapter 1 Revisiting Cyberactivism Six Years after the Arab Spring: Potentials, Limitations and Future Prospects -- Introduction -- The Potentials of Cyberactivism -- The Limitations of Cyberactivism -- Future Prospects for Cyberactivism -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Constructing an Alternative Public Sphere: The Cultural Significance of Social Media in Iran -- Current Use of Social Media in Iran -- Male, 26 Years, Graduate Student, Tehran, November 20, 2009 -- The Potential of Social Media to Transition to Social Movements -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 You've Come A Long Way Baby: Women's New Media Practices, Empowerment, and Everyday Life in Kuwait and the Middle East -- Starting Points and Evolutions -- How to Recognize Arab Women's Empowerment -- Women's Voices: How New Media Use Empowers Kuwaiti Women -- Beyond Palestine: Understanding the Challenge of Arab Women's Dis-Empowerment -- Muhajiba -- If It's in a Marriage, It's not Rape -- Representing Arab Women: You've Come a Long Way Baby? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part II On Governmental and Non-Governmental Media Organisations -- Chapter 4 Location, Regulation, and Media Production in the Arab World: A Case Study of Media Cities -- The Economic and Political Motivation Behind the Media City -- Media Cities as a Reflection of the Sociopolitical Climate -- The Case of the Egyptian Media Production City -- The Case of Jordan Media City -- The Case of Two Media Cities in Dubai -- Media Cities Users -- EMPC Users -- JMC Users -- DMC and DSC Users -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Preventing a Mobilization from Spreading: Assad and the Electronic War -- Bibliography

Intro -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I On Media Activism and Political Involvement -- Chapter 1 Revisiting Cyberactivism Six Years after the Arab Spring: Potentials, Limitations and Future Prospects -- Introduction -- The Potentials of Cyberactivism -- The Limitations of Cyberactivism -- Future Prospects for Cyberactivism -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Constructing an Alternative Public Sphere: The Cultural Significance of Social Media in Iran -- Current Use of Social Media in Iran -- Male, 26 Years, Graduate Student, Tehran, November 20, 2009 -- The Potential of Social Media to Transition to Social Movements -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 You've Come A Long Way Baby: Women's New Media Practices, Empowerment, and Everyday Life in Kuwait and the Middle East -- Starting Points and Evolutions -- How to Recognize Arab Women's Empowerment -- Women's Voices: How New Media Use Empowers Kuwaiti Women -- Beyond Palestine: Understanding the Challenge of Arab Women's Dis-Empowerment -- Muhajiba -- If It's in a Marriage, It's not Rape -- Representing Arab Women: You've Come a Long Way Baby? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part II On Governmental and Non-Governmental Media Organisations -- Chapter 4 Location, Regulation, and Media Production in the Arab World: A Case Study of Media Cities -- The Economic and Political Motivation Behind the Media City -- Media Cities as a Reflection of the Sociopolitical Climate -- The Case of the Egyptian Media Production City -- The Case of Jordan Media City -- The Case of Two Media Cities in Dubai -- Media Cities Users -- EMPC Users -- JMC Users -- DMC and DSC Users -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Preventing a Mobilization from Spreading: Assad and the Electronic War -- Bibliography

This edited volume offers the first extended, cross-disciplinary exploration of the cumulative problems and increasing importance of various forms of media in the Middle East. Leading scholars with expertise in Middle Eastern studies discuss their views and perceptions of the media's influence on regional and global change. Focusing on aspects of economy, digital news, online businesses, gender-related issues, social media, and film, the contributors of this volume detail media's role in political movements throughout the Middle East. The volume illustrates how the increase in Internet connections and mobile applications have resulted in an emergence of indispensable tools for information acquisition, dissemination, and activism