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Teaching Converged Media To Arab Students: University/External Partnerships In Social Media Campaigns, Cathy Strong
Teaching Converged Media To Arab Students: University/External Partnerships In Social Media Campaigns, Cathy Strong
Middle East Media Educator
Although many students are proficient in using social media among friends, they are not necessarily proficient in using it professionally. On the other hand, organizations are struggling with using social media to get important information to younger people. They lack the resources and sometimes the experience to produce content for the social media sites. The solution for organizations is to rely on graduates of today’s communication programs. Educators face the task of merging professional communication skills and new media applications to extend students beyond what they already know from personal use of social media. This paper describes a model to …
Social Construction Of Reality Television: An Analysis Of Print Journalism Coverage Of All-American Muslim, Mariam F. Alkazemi
Social Construction Of Reality Television: An Analysis Of Print Journalism Coverage Of All-American Muslim, Mariam F. Alkazemi
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Understandably, the perception of Muslims in America was negative after September 11, 2001. Immediately after the terrorist attacks, scholars sought to understand the impact of the media coverage on perceptions of Muslim Americans. Nisbet and Shanahan (2004) found that less than a third of Americans felt that Islamic values were similar to Christian values. This study analyzes 271 articles from American newspapers and news wires covering the television show All-American Muslim, which was canceled after one season on The Learning Channel (TLC) (Goldberg, 2012).
Audience Engagement In The Middle East Press: An Exploration Of “Networked Journalism” Amid The New Media Landscape, Matt J. Duffy
Audience Engagement In The Middle East Press: An Exploration Of “Networked Journalism” Amid The New Media Landscape, Matt J. Duffy
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Many news outlets no longer stop with the simple publication of an article or a broadcast report, but actively engage the audience. For instance, the British newspaper The Guardian recently issued social media guidelines for its reporters, encouraging them to enter into conversations with the audience via Twitter and Facebook. Other news outlets have adopted methods that allow readers to help direct the news. Al Jazeera English regularly asks its audience to submit questions for guests and also broadcasts user-created videos offering commentary. CNN’s iReport project invites viewers to contribute their own raw footage of events and, occasionally, structured news …
Socially Responsible Journalism - The Kerala Model, Swapna Koshy
Socially Responsible Journalism - The Kerala Model, Swapna Koshy
Middle East Media Educator
Though the Indian diaspora is scattered all over the world, the GCC countries have a remarkably high presence of Indian expatriates. The number of Non Resident Indians or NRIs in the GCC alone is an astounding six million (Shamnad, 2011). Unlike in the US, UK, Canada and other favourite NRI destinations, NRIs in the GCC countries are mainly from the southern Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu with Kerala the main contributor. The favoured destination for Keralites in the Arabian Gulf is the UAE. In 2007 42 percent of emigrants from Kerala chose to work in …
Meme 2012: Introduction And Table Of Contents, Alma Kadragic
Meme 2012: Introduction And Table Of Contents, Alma Kadragic
Middle East Media Educator
Cover pages, table of contents and editorial introduction to Middle East Media Educator, Issue 2, August 2012.
Social Networking Sites: Expatriate And National Users In An Emerging Market, Donelda S. Mckechnie, Sasha Kannan, Gladwin Menezes, Jim Grant
Social Networking Sites: Expatriate And National Users In An Emerging Market, Donelda S. Mckechnie, Sasha Kannan, Gladwin Menezes, Jim Grant
Middle East Media Educator
This study addressed the literature gap about users of social networking sites in an eastmeets- west setting with specific attention to expatriates and the country’s Nationals.Dubai is the fieldwork location. Previous studies typically focused on a narrowly defined age group for the respondent sample, and little attention has been directed towards nationality. This exploratory study considered demographics, i.e., age, nationality, gender and length of time living in Dubai as well as purpose of use and views about privacy. Following the literature review, two in-depth interviews from industry and two focus groups informed the development of the questionnaire. After pre-testing, the …
An Andragogical Approach To Developing Dialogic Learning Through Wikis, Brian J. Bowe, Jennifer Hoewe, Geri Alumit Zeldes
An Andragogical Approach To Developing Dialogic Learning Through Wikis, Brian J. Bowe, Jennifer Hoewe, Geri Alumit Zeldes
Middle East Media Educator
This article examines the effectiveness of using wikis for collaborative projects in college journalism classrooms, with the principles of andragogy as a framework. The use of wikis in two journalism courses at a large university in the American Midwest illustrates how wikis can encourage learners to become more self-directed by engaging in online collaborative writing about how best to produce reports about diverse populations. Two case studies are related to journalistic best practices in the coverage of two sensitive topics: Islam and immigration. The content of these wikis was compiled into best-practices documents that informed the students’ subsequent coursework. The …
Peeking Through The Looking Glass: A Comparative Analysis Of Women, Politics And Media In Lebanon And Bulgaria, Elza Iborscheva
Peeking Through The Looking Glass: A Comparative Analysis Of Women, Politics And Media In Lebanon And Bulgaria, Elza Iborscheva
Middle East Media Educator
Among the challenges women around the world face today, one of the biggest is the masculinization of democracy, as it has been identified in the literature on women’s empowerment and political representation. Expressed in the underlining “manly” face of the democratic transition, this social phenomenon is defined by an increasingly gendered political discourse, which is also ubiquitously masculine in tone and visual manifestation. In emerging democracies, democratization and marketization are, and by definition have been, launched to the detriment of women through an increased separation of the public and private spheres and a polarization of sex roles.
Tunisian Media Aren’T Quite Free Yet, Magda Abu-Fadil
Tunisian Media Aren’T Quite Free Yet, Magda Abu-Fadil
Middle East Media Educator
It all seemed so promising. Tunisia rid itself of the shackles that had choked it for 23 years under the oppressive rule of Zine El Abdine Ben Ali and the media started breathing easier when journalists, bloggers and activists of all stripes made up for lost time with a vengeance. But since that unforgettable December 2010 when Mohammad Bouazizi set himself ablaze to protest being roughed up by a policewoman and died of his burns, it’s been a bumpy ride for Tunisian media and there was still no light at the end of the tunnel at press-time.
Technology In Media And Communications: Catalyst, Enabler, Or Driver Of Change?, Katy Branson
Technology In Media And Communications: Catalyst, Enabler, Or Driver Of Change?, Katy Branson
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In today’s world of always-on connectivity, convergent communications and media pervasiveness, it would be difficult to deny the pivotal role of technology in changing the shape of society in general and communications specifically. The ‘art’ of communication is unrecognizable in comparison to what our predecessors would have had to go to in order to speak with relatives, friends and business contacts. And by predecessors, we do not need to search back far– just through one generation to the world in which our parents were raised is enough to ring the changes. The question is whether it is the technology itself …
A Transparent Look At A Counsellor’S Inner World: Learning To Self-Differentiate And Hold The Client’S Pain, Mona Moussa
A Transparent Look At A Counsellor’S Inner World: Learning To Self-Differentiate And Hold The Client’S Pain, Mona Moussa
Middle East Media Educator
The first time I encountered the concept of “sitting with the pain” was in supervision, some eight years ago when I was doing an internship in counselling psychology. This was following a particularly difficult session with a client, who was clinically depressed and was desperately trying to process her feelings of grief and loss. As I sat with her in the session, an intense feeling of helplessness took over me and I fought hard to resist the urge to provide her with a solution and a “quick-fix”. Later in supervision, as I related what happened, I realized that I was …
Delivering Emirates News, Noni Edwards
Delivering Emirates News, Noni Edwards
Middle East Media Educator
As a journalist with the English language Emirates News in Dubai, every day is different. As my colleague, reporter Sheri Jamkhou, puts it, “The best points of the job are that it’s not monotonous, you get to meet different people from all walks of life, and a new opportunity arises every day.” For most members of the team (and any journalist with even a minor addiction to news) the day starts as soon as we switch on a television, scan through internet news sites or scroll through our Twitter feeds. We bring ourselves up-to-speed on the local, regional and international …