Mohamed Ben Moussa
Biographic Data
| ID | 6714768 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mohamed Ben Moussa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mohamed Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Moussa |
| SIGNATURE | BEN MOUSSA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sharjah |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4333-1865 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Framing Transit Migration
This study examines how transit migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa are represented and framed in mainstream media across Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, three key North African countries along migration routes to Europe. Using a mixed-methods approach that combines framing analysis with multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA), the study considers framing as an exercise of power, emphasizing the role of competing actors and framing sponsors in con…
Networked Islam and liquid authority
The rise of digital Islam has opened organic spaces in which Muslims learn, debate, and live their faith online, reshaping how religious influence and credibility emerge. While professional influencers often dominate digital religious spaces, everyday influencers, lacking formal religious authority yet embedded in close peer networks, play a crucial role in shaping religious practice. Drawing on 40 in‐depth semi‐structured interviews conducted be…
Shifting Power Dynamics
This study utilizes the concept of “media capture” as a theoretical framework to explore the political and economic control exerted over the media landscape in Morocco. It expands the analysis to include emerging forms of media capture, particularly with the rise of digital platforms and the influence of global tech giants like Google and Meta. These new dimensions of capture transcend traditional notions of media control based solely on economic…
Algorithmic experiences of Netflix’s users in the Arab world
Netflix has significantly reshaped the global production, distribution, and consumption of audiovisual content. While Netflix claims its algorithm-driven platform provides superior services and limitless choices, it raises concerns about human agency, autonomy, and data justice. These concerns are especially pressing in the Global South, where predatory data extraction practices are prevalent. Research on this issue faces challenges, including a …
“Flattening the curve”
This study examines Turkish online news media coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. It explores media framing narratives, particularly how they reflected and promoted elite polarization or consensus in the COVID-19 debate. The findings shed light on Turkish political power dynamics during the first stage in the national response to the pandemic. The study highlights the calculations of political partisans who are keen on building a fr…
Journalism Metadiscourse on Professional Identity and Verification in UAE
This paper examines journalistic metadiscourse on verification and professional identity in the UAE. Using in-depth interviews with journalists from various UAE institutions, the study interprets journalism as a culture of practice where journalistic roles and practices are discursively constructed as a “part of a wider framework of meaning” within the parameters and conditions where news are produced and circulated. Drawing on the hierarchy-of-i…
Journalists’ Perception of the Adoption of New Communication Technologies in the UAE’s Media Organizations
The study investigates how journalists perceive the impact of the adoption of new communication technologies on the journalistic profession in terms of news production and the quality of news content and on their job stability and status in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) newspapers. The study applied technology acceptance model and relied on data collected from 63 journalists and editors in the major newspapers in UAE It provides much-needed ins…
Rap it up, share it up
This study examines the discursive and artistic expression of Moroccan youth identity politics through the production and consumption of rap music online, particularly on YouTube. Drawing on multimodal discourse analysis (MDA), the study explores textual, visual, and reception modes and discourses of Moroccan rap songs mediated through songs’ lyrics, video clips, and user comments on the video sharing platform. Focusing on four levels of discours…
The Use of the Internet by Islamic Social Movements in Collective Action
The article addresses the use of the internet by Islamic social movement organizations (SMOs), focusing on the case of Justice and Charity (JC), the biggest opposition political group in Morocco. It examines the extent to which the SMO exploits the potential of the medium in collective action, and the implications of this use for the SMO’s capacity to advance its cause and resist state repression. Drawing on social movement and radical democracy …
Mediated Identities and New Journalism in the Arab World
This book looks into the role played by mediated communication, particularly new and social media, in shaping various forms of struggles around power, identity and religion at a time when the Arab wor
The emerging ‘Alternative’ journalism paradigm
The shifting political landscape in the Middle East and North Africa have riveted the world’s attention and drawn media scholars’ scrutiny to the ‘Arab Internet’ at large. Despite this attention, research on the ‘Arab Internet’ has not received its due, and it is even more limited when it comes to exploring online news and journalism. Scholarly works and mainstream media commentary on the subject continue to be predominantly anecdotal with little…
Online Mobilization in Times of Conflict
The pro-democracy popular uprisings gripping the Arab world have ended or are seriously threatening long-entrenched dictatorships and repressive regimes. The uprisings have also been dubbed Facebook and Twitter revolutions, highlighting the role of the Internet in political advocacy and change. The use of the Internet in collective action in the Arab region is not a recent phenomenon, since the technology has marked mediated politics in the regio…
Al Jazeera
Rap it up, share it up
This study examines the discursive and artistic expression of Moroccan youth identity politics through the production and consumption of rap music online, particularly on YouTube. Drawing on multimodal discourse analysis (MDA), the study explores textual, visual, and reception modes and discourses of Moroccan rap songs mediated through songs’ lyrics, video clips, and user comments on the video sharing platform. Focusing on four levels of discours…
Journalism Metadiscourse on Professional Identity and Verification in UAE
This paper examines journalistic metadiscourse on verification and professional identity in the UAE. Using in-depth interviews with journalists from various UAE institutions, the study interprets journalism as a culture of practice where journalistic roles and practices are discursively constructed as a “part of a wider framework of meaning” within the parameters and conditions where news are produced and circulated. Drawing on the hierarchy-of-i…
Al Jazeera
Online Mobilization in Times of Conflict
The pro-democracy popular uprisings gripping the Arab world have ended or are seriously threatening long-entrenched dictatorships and repressive regimes. The uprisings have also been dubbed Facebook and Twitter revolutions, highlighting the role of the Internet in political advocacy and change. The use of the Internet in collective action in the Arab region is not a recent phenomenon, since the technology has marked mediated politics in the regio…
Mediated Identities and New Journalism in the Arab World
This book looks into the role played by mediated communication, particularly new and social media, in shaping various forms of struggles around power, identity and religion at a time when the Arab wor
The emerging ‘Alternative’ journalism paradigm
The shifting political landscape in the Middle East and North Africa have riveted the world’s attention and drawn media scholars’ scrutiny to the ‘Arab Internet’ at large. Despite this attention, research on the ‘Arab Internet’ has not received its due, and it is even more limited when it comes to exploring online news and journalism. Scholarly works and mainstream media commentary on the subject continue to be predominantly anecdotal with little…
The Use of the Internet by Islamic Social Movements in Collective Action
The article addresses the use of the internet by Islamic social movement organizations (SMOs), focusing on the case of Justice and Charity (JC), the biggest opposition political group in Morocco. It examines the extent to which the SMO exploits the potential of the medium in collective action, and the implications of this use for the SMO’s capacity to advance its cause and resist state repression. Drawing on social movement and radical democracy …
Rap it up, share it up
This study examines the discursive and artistic expression of Moroccan youth identity politics through the production and consumption of rap music online, particularly on YouTube. Drawing on multimodal discourse analysis (MDA), the study explores textual, visual, and reception modes and discourses of Moroccan rap songs mediated through songs’ lyrics, video clips, and user comments on the video sharing platform. Focusing on four levels of discours…
“Flattening the curve”
This study examines Turkish online news media coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. It explores media framing narratives, particularly how they reflected and promoted elite polarization or consensus in the COVID-19 debate. The findings shed light on Turkish political power dynamics during the first stage in the national response to the pandemic. The study highlights the calculations of political partisans who are keen on building a fr…
Journalism Metadiscourse on Professional Identity and Verification in UAE
This paper examines journalistic metadiscourse on verification and professional identity in the UAE. Using in-depth interviews with journalists from various UAE institutions, the study interprets journalism as a culture of practice where journalistic roles and practices are discursively constructed as a “part of a wider framework of meaning” within the parameters and conditions where news are produced and circulated. Drawing on the hierarchy-of-i…
Journalists’ Perception of the Adoption of New Communication Technologies in the UAE’s Media Organizations
The study investigates how journalists perceive the impact of the adoption of new communication technologies on the journalistic profession in terms of news production and the quality of news content and on their job stability and status in the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) newspapers. The study applied technology acceptance model and relied on data collected from 63 journalists and editors in the major newspapers in UAE It provides much-needed ins…
Algorithmic experiences of Netflix’s users in the Arab world
Netflix has significantly reshaped the global production, distribution, and consumption of audiovisual content. While Netflix claims its algorithm-driven platform provides superior services and limitless choices, it raises concerns about human agency, autonomy, and data justice. These concerns are especially pressing in the Global South, where predatory data extraction practices are prevalent. Research on this issue faces challenges, including a …
Shifting Power Dynamics
This study utilizes the concept of “media capture” as a theoretical framework to explore the political and economic control exerted over the media landscape in Morocco. It expands the analysis to include emerging forms of media capture, particularly with the rise of digital platforms and the influence of global tech giants like Google and Meta. These new dimensions of capture transcend traditional notions of media control based solely on economic…
Framing Transit Migration
This study examines how transit migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa are represented and framed in mainstream media across Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, three key North African countries along migration routes to Europe. Using a mixed-methods approach that combines framing analysis with multimodal critical discourse analysis (MCDA), the study considers framing as an exercise of power, emphasizing the role of competing actors and framing sponsors in con…
Networked Islam and liquid authority
The rise of digital Islam has opened organic spaces in which Muslims learn, debate, and live their faith online, reshaping how religious influence and credibility emerge. While professional influencers often dominate digital religious spaces, everyday influencers, lacking formal religious authority yet embedded in close peer networks, play a crucial role in shaping religious practice. Drawing on 40 in‐depth semi‐structured interviews conducted be…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Media studies (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Journalism (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works) · Public relations (4 works)