Dima Saber
Biographic Data
| ID | 328419 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dima Saber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dima |
| FAMILY NAME | Saber |
| SIGNATURE | SABER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birmingham City University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2460-762X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Syrian Archive Digital Memory Project
Founded in 2014, the Syrian Archive is a collective of human rights activists dedicated to curating visual documentation of human rights violations and other crimes committed during the conflict in Syria. Working within the context of the Syrian Archive Digital Memory Project and building on a series of interviews which took place between 2018 and 2022 with 40 photographers and videographers based in Syria and in the diaspora, this article explor…
Understanding factors and barriers to alternative media development in emerging economies
Check Global is a journalism and digital literacy development project (2019–2021) supporting countries and regions affected by conflict or state controls. In such contexts, expectations are set high for alternative journalism to accurately counter mainstream media narratives, controlled as they often are by the state; this article presents factors to be taken into consideration as a starting point for better understanding the challenges involved …
This is our Call of Duty ’
In recent years, non-state actors in the Middle East have engaged a new generation of activists through a variety of media strategies. Notable among these is a series of videogame interventions, which have appropriated Western game products to convey political and religious messages through the inversion or complication of the roles of hero and enemy. This article explores a selection of such media, produced by or in support of two non-state grou…
From pan-Arab nationalism to political Islam
Set within the wider framework of exploring the relationship between mediated representations of war and public understanding and perception of conflict in the Arab region, this article focuses on Al Jazeera’s coverage of the July war in Lebanon. From a broad theoretical viewpoint, it attempts to deconstruct the ‘ideological model of war’ as depicted by Al-Jazeera through its representation of the 2006 conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. When …
Filming Resistance
The article focuses on Hezbollah's filmed operations as key media texts in the group's discourse of resistance. In 1986 Hezbollah surprised the public with an innovation in their strategies of resistance: their fighters filmed one of their armed operations in the occupied southern Lebanon and broadcast it to the public. This video, followed by numerous others, had an impact on the growing popularity of the movement and, even more so, on the const…
Filming Resistance
The article focuses on Hezbollah's filmed operations as key media texts in the group's discourse of resistance. In 1986 Hezbollah surprised the public with an innovation in their strategies of resistance: their fighters filmed one of their armed operations in the occupied southern Lebanon and broadcast it to the public. This video, followed by numerous others, had an impact on the growing popularity of the movement and, even more so, on the const…
The Syrian Archive Digital Memory Project
Founded in 2014, the Syrian Archive is a collective of human rights activists dedicated to curating visual documentation of human rights violations and other crimes committed during the conflict in Syria. Working within the context of the Syrian Archive Digital Memory Project and building on a series of interviews which took place between 2018 and 2022 with 40 photographers and videographers based in Syria and in the diaspora, this article explor…
This is our Call of Duty ’
In recent years, non-state actors in the Middle East have engaged a new generation of activists through a variety of media strategies. Notable among these is a series of videogame interventions, which have appropriated Western game products to convey political and religious messages through the inversion or complication of the roles of hero and enemy. This article explores a selection of such media, produced by or in support of two non-state grou…
Filming Resistance
The article focuses on Hezbollah's filmed operations as key media texts in the group's discourse of resistance. In 1986 Hezbollah surprised the public with an innovation in their strategies of resistance: their fighters filmed one of their armed operations in the occupied southern Lebanon and broadcast it to the public. This video, followed by numerous others, had an impact on the growing popularity of the movement and, even more so, on the const…
From pan-Arab nationalism to political Islam
Set within the wider framework of exploring the relationship between mediated representations of war and public understanding and perception of conflict in the Arab region, this article focuses on Al Jazeera’s coverage of the July war in Lebanon. From a broad theoretical viewpoint, it attempts to deconstruct the ‘ideological model of war’ as depicted by Al-Jazeera through its representation of the 2006 conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. When …
This is our Call of Duty ’
In recent years, non-state actors in the Middle East have engaged a new generation of activists through a variety of media strategies. Notable among these is a series of videogame interventions, which have appropriated Western game products to convey political and religious messages through the inversion or complication of the roles of hero and enemy. This article explores a selection of such media, produced by or in support of two non-state grou…
Understanding factors and barriers to alternative media development in emerging economies
Check Global is a journalism and digital literacy development project (2019–2021) supporting countries and regions affected by conflict or state controls. In such contexts, expectations are set high for alternative journalism to accurately counter mainstream media narratives, controlled as they often are by the state; this article presents factors to be taken into consideration as a starting point for better understanding the challenges involved …
The Syrian Archive Digital Memory Project
Founded in 2014, the Syrian Archive is a collective of human rights activists dedicated to curating visual documentation of human rights violations and other crimes committed during the conflict in Syria. Working within the context of the Syrian Archive Digital Memory Project and building on a series of interviews which took place between 2018 and 2022 with 40 photographers and videographers based in Syria and in the diaspora, this article explor…
Media studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · History (2 works)