Wikipedia:WikiProject United States Public Policy/Courses/Spring 2011/Arab Media (Adel Iskandar)

Course description
Since September 11, 2001, much public and scholarly attention has been drawn towards the operations of Arab media institutions. This course delves into the increasingly influential realm of international broadcasting as it applies to the Middle Eastern media milieu. By engaging primary issues pertaining to the development, structure and impact of contemporary Arab media institutions and their content, the course allows students to explore the theoretical approaches underlying a burgeoning "industry" in the region. Topics include the political and economic structures of regional media, the history of Arab journalism, identity-construction and representation, operations of government broadcasting, the advent of satellite television and new media technology and their ramifications. The course also problematizes such notions as the "Al-Jazeera Effect" and "the Arab street" as well as issues including reporting styles in the Arab press, legislation and "freedom of the press" policies, religious and doctrinal broadcasting, and entertainment/pop culture in the region. Through the evaluation of exemplar case studies, the future of Arab media in light of new technological innovations and the advent of "alternative notions" of information delivery including mobile phone messaging, blogging and other forms of digital communication.

Assignment timeline
This is a summary of the key due dates and the expected timeline for the Wikipedia-related assignment(s). The following is a sample timeline that the Wikimedia Foundation put together in collaboration with other instructors who have previously used Wikipedia in their classes -- please feel free to adapt, trim, cut, and use it (or replace it wholesale with your timeline) as you see fit:

MAY 15--FINAL VERSION OF ARTICLES DUE.

Students
This is a list of the students in your class (or rather their Wikipedia usernames), along with their Wikipedia articles (which students will select at the appropriate time).
 * - Off-shore pan-Arab press (Al-Hayat, Asharq Al-Awsat, Al-Quds Al-Arabi) & USIA
 * - Voice of the Arabs
 * - Voice of America and BBG
 * - Voice of the Arabs
 * - Voice of America and BBG
 * - Voice of the Arabs
 * - Voice of America and BBG
 * - Voice of the Arabs
 * - Voice of America and BBG
 * - Voice of America and BBG
 * - Voice of America and BBG
 * - Voice of America and BBG
 * - Voice of America and BBG
 * - Voice of America and BBG
 * - Voice of America and BBG

Resources

 * First session overview
 * Second session overview


 * More resources... slides, videos, references sheets, etc.