Titlebook: Arab Women and the Media in Changing Landscapes; Elena Maestri,Annemarie Profanter Book 2017 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(

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,Erwerb von Probleml?sef?higkeit,the Sultanate of Oman. An extensive quantitative and qualitative survey conducted over a 5-year period offers an insiders’ view on the issue providing unique perspectives of women in the role of the main protagonists. The aim of this article is to reflect on the experience of “the making of” such a documentary from the researcher’s perspective.

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Introduction,n the changing relationship between the dynamics of Arab communication spaces and the role of Arab women both in and through the media, the introduction reveals the editors’ ambitious task to link a series of chapters reflecting applied research on highly sensitive and pivotal issues. The influence

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Arab Television Channels: The Image of Women Between Local and Global Trends, that is as varied as it is disorienting. This engenders an overlap of different body semantics. In fact, at the opposite ends of the whole phenomenon we find, on the one hand, the most conservative “ideal type,” shaped according to the standards of reactionary Islam, and, on the other hand, the mos

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Gulf-Based Media and Women: A Shift to a Transcultural Dimension?,tioning to a knowledge-based society and economy, so desired by the Arab intelligentsia in the Gulf, can benefit a much larger region, reaching out to the Mediterranean Arab countries and Europe. The author argues that moving from a transnational to a transcultural media system will create new educa

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,Social Media, Social Inclusion and Women’s Self-Esteem,elated to high self-esteem whereas social isolation is related to lower levels of self-esteem. Lives become virtual, forming links and networks within an internet society, and the question arises of how experiences of being included and acknowledged in this internet society relate directly to women’

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Political Tweeting: The Impact of Social Media on the Political Awareness of Saudi Women,be known as the golden age for women in Saudi Arabia. This chapter identifies social media networks as a key enabler for women’s political engagement. It critically examines and debates the role that these networks, in particular Twitter, play in raising Saudi women’s political awareness and in enco