Arab Media & Society http://www.arabmediasociety.com/ 2010-03-11T04:21:55+00:00 http://www.arabmediasociety.com/_images/structure/bg.sidelogo.gif http://www.arabmediasociety.com/ Arab Media & Society The Kamal Adham Centre at American University in Cairo has appointed me as the new managing editor of Arab Media and Society, which intends to retain its role as a primary reference for understanding the role of media in shaping Arab societies and the broader Muslim world. http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=730 2009-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 As the voice of the Hizbullah, you might expect al Manar to present a grim and gritty image, reflecting the Islamic organization that has upended Lebanon’s politics. But that’s not the case and the twist is fascinating, as Anne Marie Baylouny explains. http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=728 2009-10-24T00:00:00+01:00 Like elsewhere, the media revolution is sweeping across Jordan. It’s not as large as a movement as in other countries. But it is occurring in the usual places – blogs – and some unusual places as well. Ramsey Tesdell explains what is happening. http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=729 2009-10-24T00:00:00+01:00 When Emirates officials offered a revised press law, a storm followed. Some journalists and human rights groups did not consider it an improvement. Dana El-Baltaji explains what’s happened there and why it matters for the Gulf and Arab world. http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=727 2009-10-18T00:00:00+01:00 Social media had been expanding in waves across Egypt. But then came the April 6th showdown between the Facebook activists and the Egyptian government and Egypt’s electronic revolution may have crossed a critical point. David M. Faris explains. http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=723 2009-10-14T00:00:00+01:00 The Middle East is constantly evolving. So, too, Arab Media & Society. With this issue, I am handing over the publisher/co-editor reins to Hafez Mirazi, the new interim director of the Kamal Adham Center for Journalism Training and Research. http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=726 2009-10-14T00:00:00+01:00 U.S. President Barack Obama had vowed a new policy for the U.S. toward the Arab world. He vowed a new handshake from the White House. How did his fare in Cairo in his first days in office? Joseph Simons offers an analysis. http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=725 2009-10-14T00:00:00+01:00 Blogging has intensified political trends first triggered by the birth of satellite television and an independent print press but does not mark a new departure for Egyptian politics, argues Tom Isherwood. http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=693 2009-08-06T00:00:00+01:00 A Mickey Mouse lookalike character on Hamas’s al-Aqsa network generated a storm of controversy in Western media in 2007 – but were Palestinian kids actually tuning in? Yael Warshel surveys television viewing among Palestinian youth. http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=710 2009-05-06T00:00:00+01:00 As a social space that enables new rituals of engagement, blogging may be most analogous to the rise of the coffeehouse during the Ottoman period, argues historian Brian Ulrich. http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=711 2009-05-06T00:00:00+01:00