The field of journalism has always attempted to serve the news industry and the university, while enhancing the institution of democracy. This equation of educating students, and training journalists to work in the news industry, makes the field of journalism serve the establishment of a democratic society. Over the years, there is a more pressing […]
Journalism Research and Education Section-IAMCR CFP 2012 Deadline Feb. 14
The Journalism Research & Education Section invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR that will be held from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. “Journalism as a tool for conversation” is not limited to conversations between journalists and their prospective […]
The Alexandria Proclamation on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning (2005)
Celebrating this week’s confirmation of the site of the Pharos of Alexandria, one of the ancient wonders of the world, the participants in the High Level Colloquium on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 6-9 November 2005 proclaim that information literacy and lifelong learning are the beacons of the Information […]
Journalism Curricula in the Arab Region: A Dilemma of Content, Context and Contest
This research attempts to address and evaluate the 2007 UNESCO Model Curricula after a regional consultation meeting on the possibilities of adaptation of the model in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of the Arab region at the University of Bahrain That was is supposed to be a generic model that can be localised and […]
WikiLeaks in MENA: Small Connections and Big Changes
The situation MENA has been reshuffled from Ben Ali exiled, Mubarak fallen, Gaddafi genocidal, Bahrain recruiting the Saudi military, Yemen using nerve gas, Syria arresting bloggers at random; many other regimes all over the region either attempting to bridge the gap with reform, or steadfastly refusing to see their people rise. To understand the the […]
What Underlies Children, Media and Democracy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)?
The daunting reality of the contemporary world is that autocracies and semiauthoritarian states lack the basic foundation for building a democracy. In these countries, the media are weak, fragile, and at risk of collapse, which means that the challenge is not to pressure media and media educators to surrender power, but rather to figure out […]
Media Sexual and Reproductive Health Taboos in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
One could say that this same reality is a major cause of the current widespread incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents as a result of poverty, poor health status, low literacy level, high number of young people, and inadequate knowledge about the diseases. In addition, the cultural paradigm of polygamy, violence and cultural pressures […]
Media Climate Change in Egypt: A continuous dialogue of the deaf
If the Mediterranean, along with the world’s other seas, will rise between one and three feet by the end of the century, the ocean will flood vast coastal areas along the Nile Delta (Johnson, 2007). Richard Alley, a geo-sciences professor at Penn State University, says that even a minimal sea rise over the next century […]
Media Climate Change in Egypt: Egypt: A continuous dialogue of the deaf
If the Mediterranean, along with the world’s other seas, will rise between one and three feet by the end of the century, the ocean will flood vast coastal areas along the Nile Delta (Johnson, 2007). Richard Alley, a geo-sciences professor at Penn State University, says that even a minimal sea rise over the next century […]
A EDUCAÇÃO JORNALÍSTICA NO MENA: pisando em cascas de ovos
Um dos cenários mais contraditórios da mídia é o do Oriente médio e da África do Norte (meNa), o que é um reflexo das suas sociedades contrastantes e agitadas que sofrem os efeitos negativos das democracias impostas e das três síndromes: da doença, da pobreza e do analfabetismo. Usando a metáfora de pisar em cascas […]