Nabil Dajani
Biographic Data
| ID | 5776041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nabil Dajani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nabil |
| FAMILY NAME | Dajani |
| SIGNATURE | DAJANI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Faculty of Media |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6560-7714 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Media in Lebanon
Lebanese society is famously, and even notoriously, fragmented, along both class and sectarian lines. Here, Nabil Dajani looks at how this societal division impacts on the nature of the mass media in Lebanon. Implementing the wider theory that the structure and content of mass media is unique to the society within which it operates, he looks at how Lebanese media have often helped to sustain the sectarian divisions within Lebanese society. Dealin…
The Myth of Media Freedom in Lebanon
In the late 1970s, efforts to establish a more equal and balanced flow of information and communication between developed and developing nations were embodied in the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO). Supported and promoted by UNESCO, its recommendations were adopted by the UN general assembly. Although not legally binding and far from implementation, the US withdrew from UNESCO over the issue, claiming that NWICO sought to re…
Technology Cannot a Revolution Make
“What happened in Tunisia was not a Facebook revolution, and what’s happening now in Egypt is not a potential Twitter revolution...technology cannot a revolution make.” --Nicholas Thompson (“Is Twitter Helping in Egypt?”) in the New Yorker, January 27, 2011 Examining the ongoing academic debate over the effect of the new social media on social movements, I get the impression that we are returning to the era of the “magic bullet” theory that was p…
Foreign News in the Arab Press
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Foreign News in the Arab Press
Technology Cannot a Revolution Make
“What happened in Tunisia was not a Facebook revolution, and what’s happening now in Egypt is not a potential Twitter revolution...technology cannot a revolution make.” --Nicholas Thompson (“Is Twitter Helping in Egypt?”) in the New Yorker, January 27, 2011 Examining the ongoing academic debate over the effect of the new social media on social movements, I get the impression that we are returning to the era of the “magic bullet” theory that was p…
The Myth of Media Freedom in Lebanon
In the late 1970s, efforts to establish a more equal and balanced flow of information and communication between developed and developing nations were embodied in the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO). Supported and promoted by UNESCO, its recommendations were adopted by the UN general assembly. Although not legally binding and far from implementation, the US withdrew from UNESCO over the issue, claiming that NWICO sought to re…
The Media in Lebanon
Lebanese society is famously, and even notoriously, fragmented, along both class and sectarian lines. Here, Nabil Dajani looks at how this societal division impacts on the nature of the mass media in Lebanon. Implementing the wider theory that the structure and content of mass media is unique to the society within which it operates, he looks at how Lebanese media have often helped to sustain the sectarian divisions within Lebanese society. Dealin…
Media studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · History (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (2 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work)