New Media Discourses, Culture and Politics after the Arab Spring

Aziz Douai is Professor of Journalism at the University of Regina, Canada.Eid Mohamed is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar

"This book touches upon significant topics in Egypt and other Arab countries a decade after the uprisings. The diverse array of timely topics are investigated using a combination of both quantitative and qualitative approaches, ultimately demonstrating the notable changes that have taken place in the cultural, social, economic, and political fabric in different Arab states. The book offers a comprehensive discourse analysis on several issues that should be of interest to professionals and academics as well as scholars in the field media and communication."

• Chapter 1. The 'Arab Spring' Waves: Media, Culture and Social Protest - Eid Mohamed and Aziz DouaiChapter 2. Modes of countering gender violence: Assessing the effectiveness of “the Nude Revolution” in the MENA region - Magdalena Karolak, Zayed University, UAEChapter 3. Do Egyptians Still Care about the Arab Spring? Computational Cultural Assessment of Online and Offline Activism - Eid Mohamed and Emad MohamedChapter 4. Cyberactivism and the (Re)Framing of Identities and Revolutionary Narratives: A Tale of Two Egyptian Political Actors - Sahar Khamis, University of Maryland, USA and Ehab H. GomaaChapter 5. E-sheikhs: How online Islamic discourse can reproduce authoritarian power structures - Dina Abdel-Mageed, The University of Sydney, Australia and Grant Bollmer, North Carolina State University, USAChapter 6. The Revolution of Pronouns: Shifts of Power and Resistance in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood - Mustafa Menshawy, The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, QatarChapter 7. Hybridity and Online Public Spheres after the Arab Spring: The Case of Raseef22 - Azza El Masri, Florida State University, USAChapter 8. Promoting Libyan Nationalism Concepts via Facebook: A Critical Discourse Analysis - Safa Elnaili, University of Alabama, USAChapter 9. Marriage and Politics in Hanan Abdallah’s documentary In the Shadow of a Man by Touria Khannous, Louisiana State University, USAChapter 10. #Techrevolt in the Arab Gulf: Gendered Grassroots Resistance or State Violence? - Hasnaa Mokhtar