Book Title: Technological Innovation and Sustainability for Business Competitive Advantage: Can Peace Journalism Flourish or Fade in Digital Media? Evidence from the Middle East Editor: Zainab Abdul-Nabi Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited Year of Publication: 2026 Language: English Pages: 216 Edited by Zainab Abdul-Nabi, the 2026 volume Technological Innovation and Sustainability for Business Competitive Advantage: Can …

Issue 40, Summer/Fall 2025 http://doi.org/10.70090/AMS.40rha Abstract This article explores how English-language audio podcasts frame the geopolitical narratives of the June 2025 Israeli strike on Iran, focusing on how legitimacy, threat, and resistance are discursively articulated. Moving beyond approaches that treat podcasts as neutral or reflective media, the study argues they …

Issue 38, Summer/Fall 2024 http://doi.org/10.70090/AMS.38.GBAA1 Abstract This article examines the Syrian population in Türkiye as it transitions from a state of forced migration toward an established diaspora identity, which utilizes digital media and conflict theories as analytical frameworks. The study demonstrates that Syrians uphold emotional, cultural, and political ties to …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/KDCW18VF Abstract The rise of ideologically-driven lone actor terrorist attacks, coupled with the use of Internet-circulated media products as sources of inspiration, raises the need to understand the message strategies embedded in media campaigns of groups like ISIS. To better understand “enforcers” of ISIS’ interpretation of …

Issue 25, winter/spring 2018 https://doi.org/10.70090/FAI18TAF On December 30, the UK's Security Minister Ben Wallace harshly criticized tech giants like Google, Facebook, and YouTube for not doing enough to combat "terrorism online". He called on them to remove online content that could lead to radicalization. "2018 is a time to deliver. …

Issue 22, spring 2016 https://doi.org/10.70090/RH16TTAJ On December 28th, 2015, when the Iraqi army felt confident enough of the military situation around Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, it invited the world’s media to witness the raising of the national flag atop a central administration building. For the Iraqi government, the …

In Civil Imagination: A Political Ontology of Photography, Ariella Azoulay interrogates issues of visual culture, in particular photography, the role of spectator-critics, body politics, and citizenship, through the lens of the Palestinian struggle. She argues that the boundaries of the aesthetic, the political, and the civil perpetuate power relations of nation-states and exclusions. Kiranjeet Kaur Dhillon reviews.

Muhammad Y Gamal makes a compelling case for the establishment of an Egyptian Audiovisual Translation Authority. Laying out a short history of translation in Egypt, Gamal argues that the country has not laid the groundwork to keep up with changing modalities of translation and communication in the information age. This, he argues, is critical for the proper development of several sectors, including education, tourism, entertainment and foreign affairs.

President of the Egyptian Radio and Television Institute Gamal El Shaer presents unique insight into the current Egyptian media landscape. Grounded in historical discussion of the evolution of broadcast, print, and digital media in Egypt, El Shaer offers lucid description and analysis of how we have arrived at the current post-Revolution media environment. This article also tackles some of the challenges currently facing the country’s media in terms of the relationship between the state and the media, ownership structures, research, and professionalism.

Masudul Biswas and Carrie Sipes perform a comparative content analysis of Twitter and Facebook posts from a sample of Syrian and Libyan activist groups. By considering online content in the context of post-revolution Libya and the continuing upheaval in Syria, the authors shed new light on online activist agenda-setting. They find that while social media is used as a tool to maintain and expand momentum during revolution, in a post-revolution climate the same media serves as a venue for idea-sharing and political discourse.