Azza El-Masri
Biographic Data
| ID | 4448867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Azza El-Masri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Azza |
| FAMILY NAME | El-Masri |
| SIGNATURE | EL-MASRI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-9998-3567 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
On the Institutionalization of Osinv in Journalistic Practice
Open-source intelligence investigations (OSI) have slowly transformed from an ad hoc, grassroots practice relegated to internet sleuths into an increasingly formalized and well-structured technique for journalistic research. By leveraging publicly available data, such as satellite images, social media posts, or official records, to expose misinformation and create actionable insights, organizations like Bellingcat or Forensic Architecture have us…
Lodging complaints against platform power: How Lebanese journalists and activists experience reporting mechanisms, platform failures, and techno-alienation
Since Western technology platforms began colonizing online spaces, they have neglected Majority World populations, including those in MENA/SWANA countries like Lebanon. This neglect exacerbates harassment and violence against marginalized individuals, reinforcing systemic harms in Lebanon's cisheteropatriarchal and sectarian society. Our study draws on 14 in-depth interviews with women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon who have faced…
Infrastructural platform violence: How women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon experience abuse on WhatsApp
Technology-facilitated abuse and violence disproportionately affect marginalized people. While researchers have explored this issue in the context of public-facing social media platforms, less is known about how it plays out on more private messaging apps. This study draws on in-depth interviews with women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon to illustrate their experiences of infrastructural platform violence on WhatsApp. Specifically,…
Infrastructural platform violence: How women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon experience abuse on WhatsApp
Technology-facilitated abuse and violence disproportionately affect marginalized people. While researchers have explored this issue in the context of public-facing social media platforms, less is known about how it plays out on more private messaging apps. This study draws on in-depth interviews with women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon to illustrate their experiences of infrastructural platform violence on WhatsApp. Specifically,…
Lodging complaints against platform power: How Lebanese journalists and activists experience reporting mechanisms, platform failures, and techno-alienation
Since Western technology platforms began colonizing online spaces, they have neglected Majority World populations, including those in MENA/SWANA countries like Lebanon. This neglect exacerbates harassment and violence against marginalized individuals, reinforcing systemic harms in Lebanon's cisheteropatriarchal and sectarian society. Our study draws on 14 in-depth interviews with women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon who have faced…
Infrastructural platform violence: How women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon experience abuse on WhatsApp
Technology-facilitated abuse and violence disproportionately affect marginalized people. While researchers have explored this issue in the context of public-facing social media platforms, less is known about how it plays out on more private messaging apps. This study draws on in-depth interviews with women and queer journalists and activists in Lebanon to illustrate their experiences of infrastructural platform violence on WhatsApp. Specifically,…
On the Institutionalization of Osinv in Journalistic Practice
Open-source intelligence investigations (OSI) have slowly transformed from an ad hoc, grassroots practice relegated to internet sleuths into an increasingly formalized and well-structured technique for journalistic research. By leveraging publicly available data, such as satellite images, social media posts, or official records, to expose misinformation and create actionable insights, organizations like Bellingcat or Forensic Architecture have us…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Social Media and Politics (2 works) · Affordance (1 works) · Alienation (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Criminology (1 works)