This article reviews recent research on social media platforms as outlets of street protest
reporting by activists, posing the question of whether such outlets constitute a cultural source …

This monograph is an interdisciplinary analysis of the complexity of communications and
media as they are embedded in the making and development of contemporary social …

American social media platforms can affect the political systems of different states in varying
ways. The effect varies both between and within democratic and authoritarian states and …

The way in which products and services are delivered to consumers, through branches and
retail outlets, or more generally through a network of distribution channels, remains …

The onslaught of neoliberalism, austerity measures and cuts, impact of climate change,
protracted conflicts and ongoing refugee crisis, rise of far right and populist movements have …

The rise of populism has turned researchers' attention to the importance of affect in politics.
This is a corpus-assisted study investigating lexis in the semantic domain of anger and …

The idea for this book,“The Rise of Islamism in Egypt,” crystalized after the publication of my
book “The Mubarak Leadership and the Future of Democracy in Egypt”(Palgrave, New York …

This study examines the discursive and artistic expression of Moroccan youth identity politics
through the production and consumption of rap music online, particularly on YouTube …

Government agencies struggle to use social media effectively to engage and involve the
public. However, we know little about how individuals and groups on the other side of these …

The article reviews recent scholarship on the role of the media in the Arab uprisings. After a
summary of events, it sets out the debate between researchers who attribute a central and …