In 2011, the international community watched as a shockingly unlikely community of citizens
toppled three of the world's most entrenched dictators: Ben Ali in Tunisia, Mubarak in Egypt …

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MIDDLE EAST New Media Activism in Everyday Life Deborah L. Wheeler Not for distribution or …

This paper analyzes the contrasting media portrayals of female political participation in the
kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Through a thorough discourse analysis of Saudi, British, and …

Political identity is a complex phenomenon that is generated within a rich sociocultural
context. This thesis examines political identity in informal talk which is situated within a …

Where criticism of a government could be punishable, political cartoons are used to make
critical social commentary in a less direct way. In this study, political cartoons published in …

Abstract he Kingdom of Saudi Arabia serves as a protector of the social, cultural, and
religious epicenters of the Islamic faith; Mecca and Medina. While other Islamic autocracies …

This thesis explores the 'credibility'of news in Saudi Arabia, comparing online media with
official newspapers. The latter are heavily regulated offering limited viewpoints. But the …

Did digital media really" cause" the Arab Spring, or is it an important factor of the story
behind what might become democracy's fourth wave? An unlikely network of citizens used …

Social media platforms dominate popular communication. However, few studies have
examined how culture impacts social media users, and even fewer have compared them …

This study examines predictors of blogging in six Arab countries in a secondary analysis of
population surveys of, in total, 7,525 respondents in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Lebanon, Bahrain …