The article reports on the Third Annual Doctoral Symposium on Arab & Muslim Media Research of the Centre for Arab and Muslim Media Research (CAMMRO) held at the University of London in London, England on April 25, 2009. It describes the speeches of Dr. Makram KhouryMachool of the University of Hertfordshire, the journalist M. Said Mahfouz, and researcher Sarah Jurkiewicz. Among the topics of th…
The digital environment creates new opportunities for citizens' political participation. This oversight actually includes a general review of the management of public funds and the activities of public and economic systems, so political oversight processes, through democracy, in the digital environment, condemn inefficient features. The purpose of this article is to describe, differentiate and …
Patricia G. Lange, Kids on YouTube: Technical Identities and Digital Literacies, Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 272 pp., $34.95 (paperback). Nowadays, social media is inundated with videos of children and families, depicting everything from seven year olds' birthday parties to high school graduations to a toddler bouncing on an inflatable mattress. In this video-rich environment, it is …
This study investigated the use of digital video in the classroom and its impact on teachers' practices and professional development. Over a two-year period, perceptions and practices of fifteen teachers using this technology were analyzed. As a result of their experience, participating teachers developed successful classroom management practices to accommodate DV technology with most teachers …
A decade after the end of Israel's 2006 war on Lebanon, I spotlight the hitherto under-researched literary portrayals of the conflict. Following an overview of the immediate and (then-) innovative media tools and techniques used to capture its momentum--blogging, video-making, and online comics--and of Arabic-, French-, and English-language literary writings referring to the war, I focus on how…
While it is true that ageing dramatically affects the sustainability of welfare systems, increasing life expectancy in most Western countries is also seen as an opportunity to live longer and better: The healthiest older people are also the most dynamic in terms of work activity and social and cultural capital. In this debate, media and communication technologies are often seen as tools to enab…
In this study, we sought to provide an accurate and detailed diagnosis of the transformations witnessed by Palestinian media institutions in light of the new environment of communication, and to know how Palestinian media institutions can establish a new communication model within their organizational structures in line with the new environment of communication in the digital age. It also discu…
This article tracks the culture of start-ups as it entered government through the U.S. Digital Service (USDS), a new agency and self-described White House "start-up" designed to rewrite the government's digital presence. This critical discourse analysis traces the cultural history of the start-up, showing how and why it became an American ideal and icon of American power. This explains how and …
Applying the perspective of sensemaking, in this study we examined the multiple mediating effects of employees' supportive intention for digital transformation and work engagement in the relationship between their perception of meaning in the digital transformation and their workplace well-being. Data were collected in two waves from a sample of 213 knowledge-based employees of a high-technolog…
In citizen science, user-centred development is often emphasised for its potential to involve participants in the development of technology. We describe the development process of the mobile app "Naturblick" as an example of a user-centred design in citizen science and discuss digital user feedback with regard to the users' involvement. We have identified three types of digital user feedback us…