TY - GEN AB - This edited volume offers the first extended, cross-disciplinary exploration of the cumulative problems and increasing importance of various forms of media in the Middle East. Leading scholars with expertise in Middle Eastern studies discuss their views and perceptions of the medias influence on regional and global change. Focusing on aspects of economy, digital news, online businesses, gender-related issues, social media, and film, the contributors of this volume detail medias role in political movements throughout the Middle East. The volume illustrates how the increase in Internet connections and mobile applications have resulted in an emergence of indispensable tools for information acquisition, dissemination, and activism. AU - Lenze, Nele, AU - Schriwer, Charlotte, AU - Jalil, Zubaidah Abdul, CN - P87-P96 DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-65771-4. DO - doi ID - 1358622 KW - Culture KW - Ethnology KW - Communication. KW - Social media. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-65771-4 N2 - This edited volume offers the first extended, cross-disciplinary exploration of the cumulative problems and increasing importance of various forms of media in the Middle East. Leading scholars with expertise in Middle Eastern studies discuss their views and perceptions of the medias influence on regional and global change. Focusing on aspects of economy, digital news, online businesses, gender-related issues, social media, and film, the contributors of this volume detail medias role in political movements throughout the Middle East. The volume illustrates how the increase in Internet connections and mobile applications have resulted in an emergence of indispensable tools for information acquisition, dissemination, and activism. SN - 9783319657714 SN - 3319657712 T1 - Media in the Middle East :Activism, Politics, and Culture / TI - Media in the Middle East :Activism, Politics, and Culture / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-65771-4 ER -