Research Catalog

Title

Middle Eastern diasporas and political communication : new approaches / edited by Ehab Galal, Mostafa Shehata, and Claus Valling Pedersen.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

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Additional Authors

• Galal, Ehab
• Shehata, Mostafa
• Pedersen, Claus V., 1959-

Description

pages cm

Summary

"This edited book explores the development and reconfiguration of Middle Eastern diasporic communities in the West in the context of increased political turmoil, civil war, new authoritarianism, and severe constraints on media in the Middle East. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, incorporating political and intercultural communication, the contributors investigate the rationale for diasporic politics, as well as the role of the transnational media in shaping diasporic political mobilization. This analysis of the media, situated within specific case studies, encompassing Afghani, Armenian, Bahraini, Egyptian, Lebanese, Syrian, Tunisian, and Turkish diasporic communities, reveals the variegated ways it influences diasporic politics and facilitates political action, as well as its influence on democratic actors residing in the Middle East. These new insights into Middle Eastern diasporas, political communication, and political mobilization are based on developments in the Middle East since 2011, and ultimately highlight how diaspora groups in the West relate to the situation in the Middle East, particularly in their countries of origin. The book is important reading for students and researchers working in political/intercultural communication and diasporic politics, as well as those with a general interest in the Middle East"--

Series Statement

Routledge studies on Middle Eastern diasporas

Subject

• Middle Easterners > Political activity > Western countries
• Communication in politics
• Communication in politics
• Emigration and immigration
• Mass media
• Public opinion, Western
• Middle East > Emigration and immigration
• Middle East > Foreign public opinion, Western
• Middle East > In mass media
• Middle East
• Western countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Mobilizing and mediatizing Middle Eastern diasporas / Ehab Galal and Mostafa Shehata -- Diasporic political communication among Arabs in Europe : from online campaigning to friendship networks / Mostafa Shehata and Ehab Galal -- The power of the media in mobilizing diaspora support for Syrian Armenians : the case of Kessab / Ohannes Geukjian -- Beirut from 'October Revolution' of 2019 to the 4th August explosion in 2020 : transnational solidarity, social media and affective communities / Maria M. Rijo Lopes da Cunha -- The webinar as tool for diasporic political communication to counter mis/disinformation about Syria / Josepha Wessels -- Arab social media news in Sweden : site of information or site of struggle? / Mahitab Ezz El Din -- Digital diaspora : the case of Farkhunda and Afghan women's resistance / Karen Waltorp and Sama Sadat Ben Haddou -- Whom do the diaspora members interact with when there are elections in the 'homeland?' / Dağhan Irak -- Making an impact : the role of media activism among Bahrainis in London and Denmark / Thomas Brandt Fibiger -- Reporting on Syrian conflict from exile : examining advocacy strategies in diaspora journalists' online news / Rana K. Arafat.

ISBN

• 9781032430294
• 103243029X
• 9781032430300
• 1032430303
• 9781003365419 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023007153

OCLC

• on1380851157
• 1380851157
• SCSB-14664850

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library