The mediated "Arab Spring" foretold: conclusion / Aziz Douai. Social media, global communications, and the Arab Spring: cross-level and cross-media story flows / Joo-Young Jung -- New media and public will mobilization in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions of 2011 / Sahar Khamis and Katherine Vaughn -- Islamists and new media: the Muslim Brotherhood digital presence in English / Eid Mohamed and Emad Mohamed -- Against all odds: defining a revolutionary identity in Syria / Naomi Ramirez Diaz -- 25 TV: a case study of the media during the Egyptian uprising / Christopher J. Harper -- Journalistic transparency in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates: parallels between phenomena of the Arab Spring and the demand for web-based transparency tools / Andreas Strater -- Mapping the "Arab Autumn": a framing analysis of CBC and Al-Nahar networks' coverage of Egypt's military coup / Mohamad H. Elmasry, Philip J. Auter, and Heidi Makady -- The 2011 popular protests in the Sultanate of Oman / Ahmed Al-Rawi -- Network journalism and the Egyptian revolution / Ahmed El Gody -- The mediated "Arab Spring" foretold: conclusion / Aziz Douai.
Summary:
This book looks into the role played by mediated communication, particularly new and social media, in shaping various forms of struggles around power, identity and religion at a time when the Arab world is going through an unprecedented period of turmoil and upheaval. The book provides unique and multifocal perspectives on how new forms of communication remain at the centre of historical transformations in the region.
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