DOHA: From North Africa to the Gulf, the impact of the Arab uprisings has reverberated far beyond trending hashtags and protests in public squares. The complex relationship between evolving digital technologies and entangled regional politics begs for an in-depth analysis.
A new collaborative volume led by Georgetown University in Qatar’s (GU-Q) Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) researchers aims to deepen the understanding of this major moment in contemporary Middle Eastern history. The book, Bullets and Bulletins: Media and Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings, focuses on the sociopolitical and media transitions the region has witnessed since the 2011 Arab uprisings. Published by Oxford University Press/Hurst, the book is the culmination of years of study by CIRS under its ‘Politics and the Media in the Post-Arab Spring Middle East’ research initiative.
Edited by GU-Q Professor Mohamed Zayani and CIRS’s Suzi Mirgani, Bullets and Bulletins adopts a multidisciplinary approach to the topic and considers events, developments, and impacts in countries including Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria and Bahrain. It discusses the role that legacy and new media have played in an altered Arab world.
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