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Between the blogosphere and the public sphere : egyptian women bloggers before and after the January 25th revolution -

El Zein, Rand Ali, (2015)

This study examines how Egyptian women bloggers have engaged in public issues and become significant interlocutors in an online public sphere in Egypt. The project aims to answer the following research questions: What have ...
Can the prisoner speak? : an ideological and visual analysis of prisons in Lebanese television news -

Najem, Chafic Tony, (2016)

The following thesis examines the relationship between punishment and Lebanese television news reports. By taking Lebanese Roumieh Prison as a case study, this research employs an ideological and visual discourse analysis ...
Children's playscape in administrative Beirut : examining children's play and its significance for parents -

Kowatly, Riham Khalil, (2015)

My qualitative and quantitative comparative study compares private and public play choices visited by lower and upper middle class children in addition to parent’s perception of leisure time as well as play significance. ...
Citizens beyond the fringe : Dom in Lebanon, destabilizing conceptions of citizenship as social Inclusion -

Daley, Julia, (2016)

Through a retelling of ethnographic fieldwork with the Dom community in the neighborhood of Hay el Gharbe, this study argues that Dom enjoy virtually no citizenship rights while being Lebanese citizens. Through an investigation ...
Game body vs. lived body : a phenomenological reading of motion-based video games -

Ghaddar, Maryam Mustapha, (2016)

This thesis seeks to analyze how video games are modes of technological embodiment and sensual identity. What is the point of intersection between the games’ objectives and how they engage visuality and the senses? Video ...
Is there a gay international? : an analysis of homosexuality on Lebanese musalsalat -

Jaber, Heather Radwan, (2016)

This study examines three Lebanese musalsalat, Min Kol Albi (Al-Jadeed), Ajyal (MTV), and Ichk Al Nisaa (LBCI), and argues that homosexuality is represented as a national “other.” As media spectacles expose a discourse of ...
Knowledge and the trash : the predominance of the expert model in the 2015 Beirut protests -

Kreichati, Cynthia Sami, (2017)

Drawing on the concept coined by Leigh Star and Griesemer (1989), I consider the waste management problem, culminating in the protests of summer 2015, as a “boundary object” that allows focusing on local dynamics of knowledge ...
Lives in mediated liminality : conditional humanitarianism and collateral suffering -

El Bardan, Ghia Adel, (2016)

This study explores the photographic engagement of mainstream news media with migrants, immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers (often referred to as sufferers throughout the study) since the beginnings of the Syrian conflict ...
New media marketing challenges in a multicultural environment : luxury fashion brands in Dubai -

El Sawaf, Rula Jouhaina Omar, (2015)

The purpose of this study is to present a critical analysis of luxury brand management in multicultural environments with an emphasis on new media. Digital communications and new media have changed the way people engage ...
Palestine through exilic Kino-eye : reclaiming space in Palestinian fiction film -

Makki, Samira Mohammad, (2016)

In my research, I focus on exilic fiction film as the medium through which Palestine can be individualized and told through personal tales. By approaching Palestine through post-colonialism, I show how Elia Suleiman, an ...
Pilot study : facebook use among marginalized segments of the Palestinian community -

Khayri, Haneen, (2014)

The purpose of the present research was to understand what motivates young Palestinians in refugee camps in Beirut to use Facebook, and, more specifically, what personal and social needs their Facebook use satisfies. This ...
Relations between mass media and young adults' sexuality and sexual behaviors : a pilot study -

Kfoury, Rose Samir, (2015)

This study focuses on understanding the influence of mass media, especially television, movies, and internet use on young adults’ sexuality and sexual behaviors in relationships. With the rise of different mass media outlets ...
The social sciences in the formation of Shia scholars in Lebanon -

Kassem, Ali Mohamad, (2016)

In a turbulent, global and postmodern Middle East, religion stands as a persistent, potent and salient social force. Men of religion, its keepers, propagators and leaders, are pivot figures of its modern reality. This ...
Through a gendered lens : women ISIS recruits in the media -

Nabut, Maream-Jena AbdelHalim, (2016)

At a time when ISIS was making daily headlines all over the world, a particularly intriguing phenomenon appeared in the media: the recruitment of women by ISIS social media users. In this study, I analyze the coverage of ...
Who says what of the Islamic state : a social and hashtag network analysis of the Khilafah and خلافة -

Rifai, Kareem Ahmad, (2016)

The academic study of terrorism has been dominated by a disciplinary method that is entirely strategic; it tends to reflect geopolitics with the academic purpose to identify, combat, and prevent terrorism in all avenues, ...
Why do people give? : philanthropy in higher education and health sectors in Lebanon -

Abi Jomaa, Rami Jawdat, (2016)

This research aims at studying the notion of Philanthropy in Lebanon, specifically giving in higher education and healthcare. The study takes several paths; first, a theoretical background on philanthropy bridged with a ...
Yoga practices in Beirut -

Turner, Annabel Claire, (2015)

This thesis explores yoga practices in Beirut through the lens of yoga practitioners and teachers living in the city. I use my position as ‘an accomplished apprentice’ (Wave and Wenger 1991) to draw my results from ...
تلفزيون وائع : a film that critiques Lebanese TV culture -

Al Majzoub, Maya Osman, (2015)

This paper is designed for a film production project, which aims to critique the Lebanese television culture. It provides data on Lebanese television’s political background, cultural context, historical development, and ...

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Browsing AUB Students' Theses, Dissertations, and Projects by Author "Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies,"

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