Mediated Identities and New Journalism in the Arab World

Aziz Douai is Associate Professor of Communication and Digital Media at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada. His research focuses on communication technologies, politics, and social change.  Mohamed Ben Moussa is Acting Dean of the School of Communication and Media Studies at the Canadian University Dubai, UAE. In addition to contributing to several edited books, his publications have appeared in Applied Journalism & Media Studies, Westminster Papers in Communication & Culture, Arab Media & Society, Canadian Journal of Communication, among others. 

Preface.- Part I: Mediated Identities and “Arab Spring” Politics.- 1.Beyond the Technology Debate: A General Introduction. Mohamed Ben Moussa.- 2.Social Media, Global Communications and the Arab Spring: Cross-level and Cross-Media Story Flows. Joo-Young Jung.- 3.New Media and Public Will Mobilization in the Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions. Sahar Khamis and Kathy Vaughn.- 4.Islamists and New Media: The Muslim Brotherhood Digital Presence in English. Eid Mohamed and Emad Mohamed.- 5.Against all Odds: Defining a Revolutionary Identity in Syria. Naomí Ramírez Díaz.- Part II: New Media Journalism and Political Change.- 6.25 TV: A Case Study of the Media during the Egyptian Uprising. Chris Harper.- 7.Journalistic Transparency in Egypt and the UAE: Parallels between the Phenomena of the “Arab Spring” and the Demand of Web-based Transparency Tools. Andreas Sträter.- 8.Mapping the “Arab Spring”: A Framing Analysis of Egyptian TV News Coverage of July 3, 2013, the Day of the Ouster of President Mohamed Morsi. Mohamad H. Elmasry, Philip J. Auter and Heidi Makady.- 9.The 2011 Popular Protests in the Sultanate of Oman. Ahmed Al-Rawi.- 10.Network Journalism and the Egyptian Revolution: Can it Build Democratic Capacity? Ahmed El Gody.- 11.The Mediated “Arab Spring” Foretold: Conclusion. Aziz Douai 

“Mediated Identities and New Journalism in the Arab World: Mapping the “Arab Spring,” edited by Aziz Douai and Mohamed Ben Moussa, sheds light on the role played by mediated communication, especially new and social media … . Scholars, researchers, students, media workers, and policy makers, who are interested in new ICTs and new journalism, particularly in the Arab world, will find insights in this volume.” (Tingting Hu, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, (1-2), 2018)