PAS TikTok
Joseph Sipalan and Hadi Azmi, SCMP, Malaysia’s PAS takes to TikTok as it seeks a repeat of general election success in state polls, 10 July 2023 “In August’s polls, the...
Online campaign for Gamal Mubarak
Al Jazeera, Egyptians launch online campaign for Gamal Mubarak as president, 11 July 2023 “Campaigners launch Twitter hashtag and Facebook page calling for Gamal, son of former President Hosni...
Erdogan Victory Analysed
Nicholas Danforth, Byline Times, A Fetih Accompli: How Erdogan Married Religion and Nationalism, 28 May 2023. “Erdogan has a particular flair for mixing and matching political symbols. He has...
Syria
Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, How important is Captagon in al-Assad’s return to the Arab fold? “From changing regional dynamics to a desire to put an end to a refugee...
Turkey: ‘Disinformation’ Campaigns & Social Media
A couple of interesting articles on Turkey’s politics and social media: Sophia Khatsenkova, AFP/Euronews, Turkey’s disinformation election: Fake videos and wildly misleading claims, 16 May 2023 `So far, the...
Responses to ‘the new normal’ in Turkey
Social media responses to the post-earthquake contexts in Turkey are outlined in this article, which also discusses the popular Güldür Güldür Show: Arzu Geybullayeva, Global Voices, The new normal after...
Book: New Media Discourses,
New Media Discourses, Culture and Politics after the Arab Spring Case Studies from Egypt and Beyond Eid Mohamed (Anthology Editor), Aziz Douai (Anthology Editor) Hopefully a cheaper version will...