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Die Protestwelle nach der umstrittenen Präsidentschaftswahl im Iran vom Juni 2009 lenkte die Aufmerksamkeit der Weltöffentlichkeit auf die lebendige Internetkultur der Islamischen Republik. Das Internet, heißt es, befördert den gesellschaftlichen Wandel in Ländern wie dem Iran, doch inwiefern unterscheidet sich das Netz von den Printmedien? Stellt es tatsächlich eine neue öffentliche Sphäre dar? Welchen Einfluss haben soziale Netzwerke wie Facebook, Twitter oder YouTube auf die Organisation von Demonstrationen? Bringt die iranische Blogosphäre eine Kultur des Dissidententums hervor, die das islamistische Regime am Ende zu Fall bringen wird? Diese wegweisende Studie bietet Einblicke in die Internetkultur im heutigen Iran und untersucht die Auswirkungen der neuen Kommunikationsformen auf Gesellschaft und Politik. Die Autoren warnen davor, "Blogger" mit "Dissident" gleichzusetzen, denn auch das Regime hat längst mit der "Kolonisierung Blogistans" begonnen. Das Internet, so eine ihrer Thesen, bringt Veränderungen mit sich, die weder die Regierung noch die Demokratiebewegungen vorhersehen konnten und können. "Blogistan" ist nicht nur eine Fallstudie zur Internetaneigung in der islamischen Welt, sondern das Buch macht auch deutlich, welche Auswirkungen die Neuen Medien auf gesellschaftliche Strukturen und Prozesse haben. Annabelle Sreberny, Professorin für Globale Medien und Kommunikation sowie Leiterin des Zentrums für Medien- und Filmwissenschaft an der "School of Oriental and African Studies" der University of London. Gholam Khiabany, Dozent für Internationale Kommunikation an der Fakultät für angewandte Sozialwissenschaften der London Metropolitan University.

Prompted by recent events in Syria and Iraq and British media representation of stories about them, this polemic asks what is meant by each of the terms in the notion of "the global crisis": is there a singularity, a "the"? who defines crisis? how global is global?British media stories concerning ISIS sympathisers raise deep concerns over agency, engagement and compassion and over the invoked norm of a 'we' that seems to not include British or other muslims. The displacement of peoples as refugees from ISIS and from other crises plays out with altogether diverse and ­disproporationate consequences across the world and yet is reported in very ­sporadic and partial ways in the UK. What are we to make of all this?The academic fields of media and cultural studies are suffering from intense ­fracturing and over-specialization. Yet to understand such multi-faceted ­contemporary issues we need to reassemble the relevant elements of our field and include insights from other disciplinary areas, including gender studies, ­international relations, technology and social media studies and studies of specific urban communities.This moment represents a context where counternarratives to both ISIS abroad and to austerity politics at home are urgently needed. The decades of the 1930s, 1950s, 1980s all produced new theoretical approaches and political formations. The current moment is best described as a crisis of complexity and a crisis of politics. We need to produce a new politics of inclusivity, solidarity and resistance that engages with these disturbingly plural and difficult global realities embedded within colonial and sectarian histories.

The forms and flows of global media coverage of the Charlie Hebdo assassinations of January 2015 compel a reexamination of cherished nostrums in media studies. Limited coverage of analogous lethal attacks elsewhere suggests the privileging of certain historical narratives over others and pinpoints the urgency of honing concepts adequate to the mediated processes in play. Current notions of integrative global media events and of a rational global public sphere demand to be replaced by far more supple heuristics that engage with these attacks from the perspective of cultural history and prioritize "thick" description. Clashing narratives around colonialism, Islamophobia, and free speech circulate instantaneously, yet some traumas receive priority in global coverage. Mere repetition of frozen concepts cannot do justice to a world of considerable violence and flux.

An amusing and indicative sign of changing times, in December 2014 Saudi cleric Ahmad ʿAziz al-Ghamdi, a religious scholar and former head of the religious police in Mecca (officially known as the Committee for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice), ignited a fierce national debate regarding the niqab when he replied positively to a tweet by a Saudi woman asking if it was permissible in Islam for her to post a picture of her face on social media. His affirmative answer went viral and his Twitter feed received more than 10,000 comments, ranging from congratulations to death threats. He subsequently appeared on Badriya, the popular weekly TV talk show broadcast from Dubai, together with his wife, Jawahir bint Shaykh ʿAli, who appeared without a face veil and wearing make-up.

Résumé Le présent article examine les interrelations entre la mondialisation, la communication et la démocratisation, notamment du point de vue de l'égalité entre les sexes et de l'autonomisation. Il présente une analyse historique de la mise en place des réseaux féminins mondiaux, en particulier dans les domaines des médias et des technologies de la communication, ainsi que des politiques relatives à leurs processus et à leurs résultats. Il examine les convergences des médias et des technologies de la communication et, partant, les continuités et les évolutions des principaux champs d'analyse entre la Conférence mondiale sur les femmes tenue à Beijing en 1995 et le Sommet mondial sur la société de l'information de 2005. Il examine également les politiques relatives au genre et les questions qui se sont fait jour à cet égard à l'occasion du processus du smsi , en particulier le caractère de plus en plus central des tic dans le développement, mais aussi les limites d'une approche purement technologique en la matière. L'article défend l'idée que le point de vue du genre peut permettre une analyse holistique de problèmes mondiaux tels que la démocratisation de la communication, la communication de la démocratie et l'émancipation des femmes dans le monde.

This paper explores the interrelations of globalisation, communication, and democratisation, particularly in relation to gender equality and empowerment. It provides a historical analysis of the development of global women's networks, especially in the substantive areas of media and communications technologies, and the politics of their process and their achievements. It examines the convergences in media and communications technologies, and hence the continuities and changes in analytic foci, between the 1995 Beijing Summit on Women and the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society. Also explored are the gender politics and the range of gender‐related issues that emerged through the WSIS process, especially the growing centrality of ICTS for development but also the limits of a solely technologistic approach. The paper argues that a gender lens can provide a holistic analysis of global issues, which include the democratisation of communication, the communication of democracy, and the emancipation of the world's women.

This paper explores the interrelations of globalization, communication, & democratization, particularly in relation to gender equality & empowerment. It provides a historical analysis of the development of global women's networks, especially in the substantive areas of media & communications technologies, & the politics of their process & their achievements. It examines the convergences in media & communications technologies, & hence the continuities & changes in analytic foci, between the 1995 Beijing Summit on Women & the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society. Also explored are the gender politics & the range of gender-related issues that emerged through the WSIS process, especially the growing centrality of ICTS for development but also the limits of a solely technologistic approach. The paper argues that a gender lens can provide a holistic analysis of global issues, which include the democratization of communication, the communication of democracy, & the emancipation of the world's women. References. Adapted from the source document.