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Read more at: Dr Sonay completes a three-month Field Research trip on radio audiences in Morocco

Dr Sonay completes a three-month Field Research trip on radio audiences in Morocco

8 July 2016

Within the framework of the University of Cambridge – Al Jazeera Media Project, Dr Ali Sonay has completed his three month fieldwork on radio in Morocco. The qualitative study involved interviews with taxi drivers, youth, radio owners and programmers as well as relevant journalists, scholars and media regulation...


Read more at: Uncomfortable Truths, Unconventional Wisdoms: Women's Perspectives on Violent Extremism and Security Interventions
Uncomfortable Truths, Unconventional Wisdoms: Women's Perspectives on Violent Extremism and Security Interventions

Uncomfortable Truths, Unconventional Wisdoms: Women's Perspectives on Violent Extremism and Security Interventions

15 June 2016

We are pleased to announce that the Centre for the Study of the International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa (CIRMENA) and the University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies co-hosted an extraordinary public talk by Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini and Sussan Tahmasebi, founders of the International Civil Society...


Read more at: Dr Farmanfarmaian awarded a $3,000 grant from the Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Dr Farmanfarmaian awarded a $3,000 grant from the Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

9 June 2016

Dr Farmanfarmaian has been awarded a $3,000 grant from the Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, to produce a paper entitled: 'Iran’s Rhetoric Aggression: Instrumentalising Foreign Policy Power through the Media.' The question it poses is: How has Iran...


Read more at: Roxane Farmanfarmaian and Ali Sonay's article "What next for the media in Middle East and North Africa?" published by Al Jazeera

Roxane Farmanfarmaian and Ali Sonay's article "What next for the media in Middle East and North Africa?" published by Al Jazeera

11 May 2016

Al Jazeera published article by Dr Farmanfarmaian and Ali Sonay entitled: 'What next for the media in Middle East and North Africa? Media is political by nature in addressing the public, and that is its impact on societal transformation.'


Read more at: Al Jazeera Centre for Studies produces Arabic translation of 'Media in Political Transition in Tunisia', published originally in the Journal of North African Studies, December 2014, Volume 19, Issue 5

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies produces Arabic translation of 'Media in Political Transition in Tunisia', published originally in the Journal of North African Studies, December 2014, Volume 19, Issue 5

29 February 2016

The Al Jazeera Centre for Studies has produced an Arabic translation of 'Media in Political Transition in Tunisia', published originally in the Journal of North African Studies, December 2014, Volume 19, Issue 5. For more information on the translation, follow this link .


Read more at: Media Reading Group - Michaelmas Term 2015

Media Reading Group - Michaelmas Term 2015

28 January 2016

The Media Reading Group had a productive Michaelmas term, scheduling meetings for lively discussions about journalism, freedom of expression, and political responsibility . The first meeting took place in No. 1 Newnham Terrace in Darwin College on October 28, 2015 from 16:30 - 18:30. Our first presenter was Dr Sophie...


Read more at: ESRC Grant 'Media, Faith and Security: Protecting Freedom of Expression in Religious Context'
ESRC Grant 'Media, Faith and Security: Protecting Freedom of Expression in Religious Context'

ESRC Grant 'Media, Faith and Security: Protecting Freedom of Expression in Religious Context'

28 January 2016

ESRC Project ESCR impact grants are designed to put research to work, to produce change, new thinking, and to broaden horizons. Received in 2015 by POLIS member and Principal Investigator, Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian, the grant enables Cambridge-generated research on the nexus between free expression, community security, and...


Read more at: University of Cambridge - Al Jazeera Media Project Workshop

University of Cambridge - Al Jazeera Media Project Workshop

28 January 2016

Second Tranche of Media in Political Transition in Full Swing The University of Cambridge - Al Jazeera Media Project’s second research programme on media dynamics in Morocco and Turkey had its first conference on December 12 th , 2015 at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. The workshop, entitled ‘Media in Political...


Read more at: New Media Research Reading Group

New Media Research Reading Group

21 July 2015

The Media Research Reading Group had its first meeting in May 2014. Centre of Islamic Studies Visiting Scholar and PhD student (University of Utrecht) Omar Sayfo presented his research on Arab animated cartoons. The presentation was not only scholarly as well as thoughtful and amusing, but inspired a wide-ranging...


Read more at: Media Reading Group - May 21 at 4.30 pm

Media Reading Group - May 21 at 4.30 pm

12 May 2015

Our next event for the Cambridge Media Reading Group is the second for this term and will take place on Thursday the 21st of May from 4.30 pm to 6 pm in room 316, Alison Richards Building. Ali Sonay will be presenting media-related parts of his PhD project (to be submitted in June) with the title ‘“We are not Politicians...


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