Ahlam Muhtaseb
Biographic Data
| ID | 4909449 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ahlam Muhtaseb |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ahlam |
| FAMILY NAME | Muhtaseb |
| SIGNATURE | MUHTASEB A |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, San Bernardino |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-6288-6081 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Introduction
In this introduction, co-authors Dr Ahlam Muhtaseb and Omar Zahzah begin by engaging the immense challenges particular to academics attempting to use their positions and their expertise to mount various forms of resistance to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. They name the substantial political repression that professors have faced under both the Biden and Trump presidential administrations in the United States, as well as the disappointing example of f…
An accounting from Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
An accounting from Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
dino, was prohibited from delivering a portion of the presidential address at the National Communication Association (NCA) Convention on 18th November 2023 at 5pm.The event, hosted by the largest association for communication studies scholars in the U.S., was also intended to recognize me with a presidential citation for 'Leadership in Creating a More Community-and Culturally-Centered Discipline.'In September, Dr. Walid Afifi, the elected preside…
An accounting from Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
I, Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb, Professor of Media Studies at California State University, San Bernardino, was prohibited from delivering a portion of the Presidential Address at the National Communication
An accounting from Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
An accounting from Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
An accounting from Dr Ahlam Muhtaseb
at 5 pm.The event, hosted by the largest association for communication studies scholars in the US, was also intended to recognize me with a presidential citation for "Leadership in Creating a More Community-and Culturally-Centered Discipline."In September, Dr Walid Afifi, the elected president of NCA, asked several communication studies scholars to contribute parts of his presidential address, aiming to envision the future of the discipline in an…
On the censoring of Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
San Bernardino was prevented by NCA staff leadership from making the speech that appears below.Dr. Muhtaseb planned to make a statement referencing genocide in Gaza.In essence, she was censored because of her speech's topic, even though she is an expert in our field on this subject.Other invited performers partaking in the presidential address, as well as many conference attendees present, walked out in protest.We are highlighting the speech here…
US Media Darlings
Using critical textual analysis based on the postcolonial school of thought, this essay analyzed a ten-minute segment, called “Women of the Revolution,” on the ABC news program This Week , anchored at that time by Christiane Amanpour, for its portrayals of Arab and Muslim women. The analysis showed that Arab and Muslim women were portrayed positively only when they fit a “media-darling” trope of Western-educated Arab or Muslim women, or those who…
Arab Americans’ Motives for Using the Internet as a Functional Media Alternative and Their Perceptions of U.S. Public Opinion
This exploratory study employed uses and gratifications theory to understand Arab Americans' salient motives for using the internet and whether the internet served as a functional alternative to other media to satisfy Arab Americans' information-seeking and interpersonal needs. Spiral of silence theory also was used to investigate the relationship between Arab Americans' perceptions of U.S. public opinion and their motives for using the internet.…
US Media Darlings
Using critical textual analysis based on the postcolonial school of thought, this essay analyzed a ten-minute segment, called “Women of the Revolution,” on the ABC news program This Week , anchored at that time by Christiane Amanpour, for its portrayals of Arab and Muslim women. The analysis showed that Arab and Muslim women were portrayed positively only when they fit a “media-darling” trope of Western-educated Arab or Muslim women, or those who…
Arab Americans’ Motives for Using the Internet as a Functional Media Alternative and Their Perceptions of U.S. Public Opinion
This exploratory study employed uses and gratifications theory to understand Arab Americans' salient motives for using the internet and whether the internet served as a functional alternative to other media to satisfy Arab Americans' information-seeking and interpersonal needs. Spiral of silence theory also was used to investigate the relationship between Arab Americans' perceptions of U.S. public opinion and their motives for using the internet.…
An accounting from Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
Arab Americans’ Motives for Using the Internet as a Functional Media Alternative and Their Perceptions of U.S. Public Opinion
This exploratory study employed uses and gratifications theory to understand Arab Americans' salient motives for using the internet and whether the internet served as a functional alternative to other media to satisfy Arab Americans' information-seeking and interpersonal needs. Spiral of silence theory also was used to investigate the relationship between Arab Americans' perceptions of U.S. public opinion and their motives for using the internet.…
US Media Darlings
Using critical textual analysis based on the postcolonial school of thought, this essay analyzed a ten-minute segment, called “Women of the Revolution,” on the ABC news program This Week , anchored at that time by Christiane Amanpour, for its portrayals of Arab and Muslim women. The analysis showed that Arab and Muslim women were portrayed positively only when they fit a “media-darling” trope of Western-educated Arab or Muslim women, or those who…
An accounting from Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
dino, was prohibited from delivering a portion of the presidential address at the National Communication Association (NCA) Convention on 18th November 2023 at 5pm.The event, hosted by the largest association for communication studies scholars in the U.S., was also intended to recognize me with a presidential citation for 'Leadership in Creating a More Community-and Culturally-Centered Discipline.'In September, Dr. Walid Afifi, the elected preside…
An accounting from Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
I, Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb, Professor of Media Studies at California State University, San Bernardino, was prohibited from delivering a portion of the Presidential Address at the National Communication
An accounting from Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
An accounting from Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
An accounting from Dr Ahlam Muhtaseb
at 5 pm.The event, hosted by the largest association for communication studies scholars in the US, was also intended to recognize me with a presidential citation for "Leadership in Creating a More Community-and Culturally-Centered Discipline."In September, Dr Walid Afifi, the elected president of NCA, asked several communication studies scholars to contribute parts of his presidential address, aiming to envision the future of the discipline in an…
On the censoring of Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
San Bernardino was prevented by NCA staff leadership from making the speech that appears below.Dr. Muhtaseb planned to make a statement referencing genocide in Gaza.In essence, she was censored because of her speech's topic, even though she is an expert in our field on this subject.Other invited performers partaking in the presidential address, as well as many conference attendees present, walked out in protest.We are highlighting the speech here…
Introduction
In this introduction, co-authors Dr Ahlam Muhtaseb and Omar Zahzah begin by engaging the immense challenges particular to academics attempting to use their positions and their expertise to mount various forms of resistance to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. They name the substantial political repression that professors have faced under both the Biden and Trump presidential administrations in the United States, as well as the disappointing example of f…
An accounting from Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
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