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| political communication models: liberal/democratic |
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| gov’t would never shut down press. not just rule of majority- also objective law. rulers are employees. free and regular elections. “a country’s communication system mimics its political model” |
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| political communication models: authoritarian |
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| some private media/ self-censorship. some private ownership of newspapers, but bib brother is watching. say anything bad about authority, punished. tv and radio are gov’t controlled. |
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| political communication models: totalitarian |
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| no private. total control. in Syria, Iraq. also found in Latin America. |
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| political communication models: social responsibility |
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| not just putting celebrities on cover to sell. report on real info on gov’t, etc. |
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| political communication models: national development model |
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| McQuail. particularly when country is trying to “catch up” in development. so, gov’t has space/time to try to bring people out of years of backwardsness. public access tv, advertising space for programs. popular in 70’s/80’s. now looks like an attempt to justify the authoritarian model in developing/3rd world countries. |
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| political communication models: Marxist Model |
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| economic determinism. how/why you make money determines who you are/what you do. variations: hegemonic model (newspaper owner uses it for their “pet projects” for profits and pushing own ideologies.) peace journalism model: (to encourage peace/better world, doesn’t cover death. deflate violence. encouage talks. popular in israel.) |
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| Islamic dissimulation –pretending to be something else to save oneself , but also using stealth and camouflage offensively |
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| surrogate speakers/surrogate speech |
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a technique that allows a government or organization to get its view across to the Arabic-speaking target audience while still allowing the option of plausible deniability vis a vis other audiences.
The term "surrogate" means "a person appointed by another" or "a deputy" or simply "a substitute," |
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| consensus. "my community will never agree upon an error". may make democracy in islam possible. |
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| exegesis. critical interpretation of text. allowed in shia, not in sunni. making legal independent of the islamic schools of thought. |
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| early Egyptian. nationalist liberal party. ww1. |
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| National Democratic Party |
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| secular socialist-nationalist in Syria and Iraq |
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| leading Palestinian political movement(led by Arafat/Abbas), leads PLO, literally means conquest |
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| islamic resistance movement |
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| small Muslim extremist group that spearheaded opening of 1987 Intifada (intifada - “the shaking off”, coined 1977 |
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| founded by Hasan al-Banaa, inspired by Wahabism from Arabia, gave birth to Al-Qaeda and other groups including the EgyptianGema’at Islamiyya |
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(Fatah-based terror group named for King Hussein's removal of Fatah from Jordan)
also event: the conflict between Palestinian guerrilla organizations and King Hussein of Jordan that began in September 1970 and ended in July 1971 with the expulsion of the PLO to Lebanon. |
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| March 1968. in karameh, jordan. between IDF and PLO/jordanian army. lead to black september. both sides declared victory, israel military victory, but jordan united w/ palestinians (we may all be fedayeen). |
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| silver-domed mosque at edge of Temple Mount, also reference to "distant mosque" in Quranic verse |
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| Al-Ahram, Al-Akhbar, Al-Gumhouriyya |
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| palestinian media outlets |
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| Al-Quds, Al-Ayyam, Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda, WAFA news service |
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| Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) |
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| George Habash/Ahmad Sa'adat (now jailed) |
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| Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) |
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| terrorist from Acille Lauro terror ship |
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| real name of kunya "abu mazen". chairman of plo, president of palestine national authority on fatah ticket. hamas didn't recognize title extention, abbas resigned. |
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| aka ahmad qreia, PLO parliament speaker and negotiator |
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| important hamas leader, still alive. a founder of hamas. spiritual leader of org, created schools, hospitals, etc. quadripeligic, nearly blind. assassinated 2004?? |
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| algerian revolution leader. third prez of algeria afterward. |
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| arafat real name. chairman of plo, president of palestine national authority, leader of fatah. fought against israel in pal self-determination |
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| jerusalem mufti and pal of nazis |
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| fatah leader from jerusalem |
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| noted Syrian eye doctor who succeeded Hafez Assad as Syria's leader |
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| syria's leader before bashar assad |
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| a founder of palestinian islamic jihad. also member of hamas. sheltered in syria. wanted by us for terrorism. |
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| king hussein, king abdullah, king abdullah II, sharif husein |
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| assassinated Lebanese president-elect, head of maronites |
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| assassinated lebanese prime minister, important Sunni personage |
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| Sheikh Hassan Nasserallah |
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| head of hezballah, main user of hizballah tv station al-manar, now lives mostly underground. |
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