Donatella Della Ratta is a writer specialising in media and visual cultures in Syria. She is the author of author of Shooting a Revolution (Pluto, 2018) and co-editor of Arab Media Moguls (IB Tauris, 2015). She has curated international exhibitions on art and cinema in Syria.

'This gripping work maps the media transformations in Syria - from the high hopes during the 2011 protests to the depression and despair of a never-ending war... what hits us most is Della Ratta's deep insider knowledge to blend personal insights with urgent critical theory. Tactical media theory at its best'

• List of IllustrationsSeries PrefaceAcknowledgementsA Note on TransliterationGlossaryIntroduction1. Making Media, Making the Nation: Syria's Tanwir in Neoliberal Times2. The Whisper Strategy3. The Death of Tanwir in Real-Time Drama4. The People's 'Raised Hands'5. Fear and Loathing on the Internet: The Paradoxes of Arab Networked Activism6. Screen Fighters: Filming and Killing in Contemporary Syria7. Syria's Image-Makers: Daesh Militants and Non-Violent Activists8. Notes on a Theory of Violence and the Visual in the Networked AgeNotesBibliographyIndex

Donatella Della Ratta is a writer specialising in media and visual cultures in Syria. She is the author of author of Shooting a Revolution (Pluto, 2018) and co-editor of Arab Media Moguls (IB Tauris, 2015). She has curated international exhibitions on art and cinema in Syria.

'This gripping work maps the media transformations in Syria - from the high hopes during the 2011 protests to the depression and despair of a never-ending war... what hits us most is Della Ratta's deep insider knowledge to blend personal insights with urgent critical theory. Tactical media theory at its best'

• List of IllustrationsSeries PrefaceAcknowledgementsA Note on TransliterationGlossaryIntroduction1. Making Media, Making the Nation: Syria's Tanwir in Neoliberal Times2. The Whisper Strategy3. The Death of Tanwir in Real-Time Drama4. The People's 'Raised Hands'5. Fear and Loathing on the Internet: The Paradoxes of Arab Networked Activism6. Screen Fighters: Filming and Killing in Contemporary Syria7. Syria's Image-Makers: Daesh Militants and Non-Violent Activists8. Notes on a Theory of Violence and the Visual in the Networked AgeNotesBibliographyIndex