Heya Tv: A Feminist Counterpublic for Arab Women?

Matar, Dina

doi:10.1215/1089201x-2007-030

Cited by 16 publications

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“…The potential for online technology to create forums for female counter-publics has been capitalised upon by women from developing and developed countries (Matar, 2007; Travers, 2003). For English-speaking readers, blogs 2 and websites focused on women’s issues and feminist commentary, such as Jezebel, Feministe and Feministing , serve as nodal points within dense networks of communication facilitated by social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.…”

Section: From Old To New Media: Restoring the Possibility Of Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

Justice and revenge in online counter-publics: Emerging responses to sexual violence in the age of social media

Salter

2013

Crime, Media, Culture

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This paper is concerned with the impact of online technologies on public representations of sexual violence. Drawing on Habermas’s theories of the public sphere and Fraser’s associated critiques, it argues that the Internet has become host to ‘counter-publics’ in which allegations of sexual violence are being received, discussed and acted upon in ways contrary to established social and legal norms. The potentialities of online technology (and social media in particular) to foster and disseminate counter-hegemonic discourses are examined through three case studies in which girls and women have used various online platforms to make extrajudicial allegations of sexual violence and abuse. Where alleged perpetrators of sexual violence are publicly named, it has been argued that such action represents an invasion of their privacy and a subversion of their right to the presumption of innocence and a fair trial. In online contexts such allegations can be received and understood very differently, and these understandings are then circulated in ways that can directly influence ‘old media’ coverage and court outcomes. However, as the paper notes, the principles upon which online counter-publics operate are not radically discontinuous with those of the hegemonic public sphere and not all girls and women have equal access to the support of online networks and activists.

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Section: From Old To New Media: Restoring the Possibility Of Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

Justice and revenge in online counter-publics: Emerging responses to sexual violence in the age of social media

Salter

2013

Crime, Media, Culture

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147

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“…Its popularity stems from its ‘integrative promise’ as an analytical framework which can link ‘fragmented’ and ‘variously labelled’ research studies such as gender politics in Lebanon (e.g. Matar, 2007), urban social movements (e.g. Salvatore, 2007), new media (e.g.…”

Section: Habermas’ Public Sphere Transformation and The Arab Middle mentioning

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The conceptual public sphere and its problems: Habermas, political action and the Arab states

Abbott

2016

Journal of International Political Theory

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The main purpose of this article is to examine how Habermas' account of the transformation of the public sphere is used in the study of political change in the Arab states of the Middle East. The study aims to demonstrate that while Habermas' motif may provide several constructive pathways forward for the study of transformation in this regional context, its numerous shortcomings leave it susceptible to conceptual overstretch. With the aim of showing this, the article is divided into three sections. The first section shows how the concept has been applied. The second engages critically with the prominent account of the Arab public sphere by reflecting on (1) its methodological assumptions, (2) its empirical claims and (3) its own political role. The third section explores the shortcomings of Habermas' account and how these present difficulties when making empirical claims about political action and transformation in the Arab states of the Middle East.

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“…One popular talk show broadcast from Egypt is hosted by Dr. Heba Kotb in which she discusses, and fields questions from audience members, about intimate sexual details while simultaneously quoting the Quran (Swank 2007). Concomitantly, there has also been a growth of stations by and for women, such as the 2002‐launched Lebanese Heya TV, analyzed by Dina Matar (2007a).…”

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Arab Television in Academic Scholarship

Tawil‐Souri

2008

Sociology Compass

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Over the past 10 years, there has been an exponential increase in satellite television in the Arab world, with programming ranging from music videos to news, from reality TV programs to Islamic talk shows. Concurrent with this development has been the growth of academic scholarship on understanding the relationship between Arab television and social and political transformations in the Middle East. This article provides an overview of Arab television growth, especially that of pan-Arab satellite channels such as Al-Jazeera, and of scholarship about it. Academic work that focuses on theories of media globalization and the public sphere, and that is in conversation with Western journalism and global media studies, is highlighted.

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Heya Tv: A Feminist Counterpublic for Arab Women?

Cited by 16 publications

References 8 publications

Justice and revenge in online counter-publics: Emerging responses to sexual violence in the age of social media

Justice and revenge in online counter-publics: Emerging responses to sexual violence in the age of social media

The conceptual public sphere and its problems: Habermas, political action and the Arab states

Arab Television in Academic Scholarship

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