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Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication | Annenberg School for Communication Please note that the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) has incorporated both the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS), formerly directed by Monroe Price, and the Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication (PARGC), founded by Marwan M. Kraidy. READ MORE...

"Why It’s Been So Effective to Ridicule Syria’s Bashar al-Assad as a Pathetic Finger Puppet" by Marwan M. Kraidy

Why It’s Been So Effective to Ridicule Syria’s Bashar al-Assad as a Pathetic Finger Puppet Marwan M. Kraidy is Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World (Harvard University Press, June 2016)

The Naked Blogger of Cairo is on The Monkey Cage Blog's summer reading list about the Middle East! "Marwan Kraidy’s “The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World” is a deep dive into the cultural politics of the Arab uprisings. While the occasional theoretical jargon may at times be off-putting to the general reader, Kraidy’s sharp insights and rich descriptions of a new Arab generation’s irrepressible creative urges will amply reward the effort. Reading Kraidy’s accounts of the politically charted cultural gambits of wired Arab youth rekindles some of the seemingly lost spirit of the early days of the Arab uprisings and offers hope for the future."

What to read this summer about the Middle East Not your average beach books – engaging and important reads for everyone interested in the region.

The Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication Releases PARGC Paper 4 by Arjun Appadurai. Red more & download here: http://bit.ly/28UvTUI.

New On Our Shelves Our latest releases including A Floating Chinaman, The Discovery of Chance, Cool Characters, and The Naked Blogger of Cairo as well as special features—Op-Ed & Inquiry, The Q&A, and Awards.

June 18: The 2nd International Conference on Communication and the Public: Body, Lived Space, and Mobile Media at the Penn Wharton China Center

Body, Lived Space, and Mobile Media | Annenberg School for Communication An International Conference at the Penn Wharton China Center, BeijingDate: 18 Jun 2016 - 9:00am to 19 Jun 2016 - 2:30pmLocation: Penn Wharton China Center, BeijingAudience: Invitees OnlyType: ConferenceToday, mobile technologies of all varieties increasingly dot the urban space around the world. Mor...

"In The Naked Blogger of Cairo, Marwan Kraidy builds on his decades of experience researching and writing about Arab media, culture, and politics to consider the ways in which people create rebellious art, attract public attention, and conjure new political imaginaries. At the heart of these processes Kraidy finds the human body, employed as tool, medium, symbol, and metaphor, tying the revolutionary activism we associate with the Arab uprisings of recent years to those of a longer past."

Creative Insurgency in the Arab World In The Naked Blogger of Cairo, Marwan Kraidy builds on his decades of experience researching and writing about Arab media, culture, and politics to consider the ways in which people create rebellious art, attract public attention, and conjure new political imaginaries. At the heart of these processe...

Out on Monday via Harvard University Press! https://t.co/0Li9nPDKMz

Call for Papers!
Global Fusion 2016: Media and the Global City | A Global Media and Communication Conference

Hosted by the School of Media and Communication
Temple University | Philadelphia, PA

October 21-23, 2016 | Submission deadline: May 16, 2016

http://bit.ly/1SQylzL

Call for Papers « Global Fusion 2016 Call for Papers Global Fusion 2016: Media and the Global CityA Global Media and Communication Conference Hosted by the School of Media and Communication Temple University Philadelphia, PA October 21-23, 2016 Conference begins Friday afternoon October 22, and ends at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 24.…

The Naked Blogger of Cairo, available on May 9th! http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674737082

Marwan M. Kraidy talks about his new book, The Naked Blogger of Cairo

Marwan M. Kraidy talks about his new book, The Naked Blogger of Cairo Uprisings spread like wildfire across the Arab world from 2010 to 2012, fueled by a desire for popular sovereignty. Investigating what drives people to risk ...