Scroll down for the Arabic abstract. Abstract This study aims at uncovering the effect of using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques on two levels of virtual reality (360° video and immersive 3D) while presenting news stories in recipients’ immersive experiences. To achieve this goal, a field experiment was designed to collect …
Read More »Gender and Issues of Digital Identity among Arab Women: An Ethnographic Study of a Sample of Facebook Users in Algeria (Arabic)
الجندر ومشكلات الهوية الرقمية للمرأة العربية: دراسة إثنوغرافية على عينة من مستخدمات شبكة الفيسبوك بالجزائر تستهدف الدراسة التعرف على تمثلات الهوية الرقمية للمرأة الجزائرية، وإلى أي مدى توجد تحديات تواجه المرأة أثناء تقديمها لهويتها الرقمية عبر شبكة الفيسبوك، وما حدود العلاقة بين الهوية الرقمية والالتزام الجندري من وجهة نظر المرأة …
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مع التطورات التكنولوجية الهائلة والمتسارعة التي شهدها العالم في السنوات الأخيرة تضاعفت المعرفة البشرية، وتطورت وسائل وأساليب تعلمها وتعليمها وحفظها وتداولها. وقد أدى تغلغل التكنولوجيا الحديثة في كل المجالات إلى تغيير حاسم في طبيعة الخدمات والمنتجات والمعارف ومفهوم عنصر الزمن الذي يحكم كل ما يحدث من تطورات. وفي عام 2015 …
اقرا المزيد »Countering Counterfeits: The Digital Challenge of Fake News
Abstract This article reviews the most recent academic scholarship and professional literature pertinent to fake news, in order to provide a better understanding of its challenge in the digital era. In so doing, the article outlines fake news phenomenon, its political and financial motives, its impacts on quality journalism, as …
Read More »Information At War: Hamas vs. the IDF
Excerpted from Information at War: Journalism, Disinformation, and Modern Warfare To be published by Polity Books, summer 2021 The persistent conflict between Israel and Hamas only occasionally attracts much attention beyond its own region, but for the women, men, and children on the ground this is not a “small” war. …
Read More »From Peers to Professionals: Regulating Influencer Marketing in the United Arab Emirates
Introduction In their work on the regulation of social media influencers, Catalina Goanta and Sofia Ranchordás noted that the topic’s complexities involve, among other things, rethinking “the distinction between peers and professionals” (2019, 14). The United Arab Emirates in 2018 addressed this issue by essentially professionalizing what had previously often …
Read More »Sahar Khamis on Shifting Tides for Arabs and Muslims in the US
In light of the changes taking place in the United States, Arab Media & Society asked Dr. Sahar Khamis her thoughts on how the Arab and Muslim communities in the US have been affected. 1) What was the most notable effect of Trump’s policies on the Muslim community in the …
Read More »90 Day Orientalism: The “Other” Way
The American network TLCs’ 90 Day Fiancé’s casting and storylines have provided its audience with years of entertainment, mostly at the foreign partner’s expense. The reality television industry has grown exponentially throughout the years, thriving on the drama between characters to gain viewership. However, reality television channels, such as Bravo …
Read More »Trump, Twitter, and Regulation of Big Tech: Perspectives from the Arab World
The suspension of the Twitter account of former U.S. president Donald Trump after violating the platform’s publishing policies brought forth significant controversy and aroused many questions about the right to freedom of expression and its boundaries, not only in the United States, but across the globe. In the Arab region, …
Read More »Regional Media Debate the Strength of American Democracy
For a region that has had to deal with the aftermath of decades of U.S. intervention, occupation and punishing sanctions under the banner of democracy and human rights, the live pictures of American pro-Trump rioters storming the U.S. Capitol were nothing short of astounding. Public ridicule and scorn came fast …
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