Dr. Mohammed Ibahrine

Thema: "Politics and the Internet in Morocco: The Use of the Internet by Islam-oriented political movements"


	Dr. Mohammed Ibahrine

Gefördert mit einem Forschungsstipendium der Universität Hamburg, 2003-2005.

Curriculum Vitae/Lebenslauf:

geboren 1968 in Marokko
1991 American and British Studies an der Universität von Casablanca/Marokko; Abschluss: B.A.
1999 Studium der Politikwissenschaften und Soziologie an der Universität Hamburg, Abschluss: Masters of Science
2000 Regional-Manager bei der German Near and Middle East Business Association
2002 Mitarbeit beim Forschungsprojekt von Prof. Dr. Kai Hafez: "Auslandsrundfunk im Dialog der Kulturen - Die Gestaltung der
April 2006 Doktor der Philosophie (Ph.D.) in Politikwissenschaften der Universität Hamburg; Spezialgebiet: Internationale Politik

PhD-Thesis/Dissertationsvorhaben:

The rise of the network society has caused far-reaching societal transformations. On the political front, change will be strongly affected by the increasing importance attached to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). One of the most recent debates in contemporary political studies concerns the extent to which nationally diverse patterns of politics can be sustained in the face of the power of the ICTs. The dissertation examines the contemporary exposure of Morocco to flows of information through the ICTs, particularly the Internet. Also Islam-oriented movements, marginalized in the traditional mass media, began to exploit the communication potential offered by the Internet to distribute their political and religious massages. An explicit objective of Islam-oriented movements is to finally secure a position within the Moroccan information system and then to restructure the Moroccan political field. The dissertation examines the extent to which the Internet will allow Islam-oriented movements to impact the overall structure of Moroccan politics. The analysis uses content analysis of Islam-oriented movements websites and aggregate date collected by means of semi-interviews with senior figures of these movements. Other statistical techniques are used to gain insight into Moroccan student’s use and perceptions of these Islam-oriented websites.

Superviser/Gutachter:

Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Cord Jakobeit (Universität Hamburg)
Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Kai Hafez (Universität Erfurt)

Presentations/Vorträge:

forthcoming: "`New Realities´ of the Global Security in the Age of Virtual Jihad" at the European Security Conference Innsbruck, Innsbruck, 29-31 September 2006. www.esci.at
forthcoming: "Democratisation Dimension of the Internet in the Arab world”,

www.fukuoka2006.com/en/

forthcoming: "Towards New Mobile Communication Environments in the Arab World?”,

www.icahdq.org/events/conference/2006/AfterMobilePhoneCall.html

"From eGovernment to eGovernance in the Arab world”, Dubai School of

www.dsg.ae/ar/home.htm

"The Great Transformations of Arab Media", 33. Annual Conference of the
"Al-Jazeera.Net and American Public Diplomacy", German Political Science
"Communicating with the Muslim World: US and German Public Diplomacy
"Democratization and the Media in the Maghreb: From an authoritarian to a

Research Projects/Forschungsprojekte:

Oktober 2005 - Januar 2006: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter beim
2002. "International Broadcasting and the Dialogue of Cultures: The Deutsche Welle in the Islamic world," With Prof. Dr. K. Hafez and Prof. Dr. H. Kleinsteuber. The research project was funded by Deutsche Welle.

Publications/Veröffentlichungen:

forthcoming 2007: "Media Systems in North Africa " in Wolfgang Donsbach

International Encyclopaedia for Communication

2006: "The Rise of Mobile Communication in the Arab World: Cultural and
2006. "Arab Satellite Broadcasting and International Communication” in

www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1548685,00.html

2005. "Communicating with the Islamic World: US Public Diplomacy and German Diplomacy of dialogue Since 9/11," In Arab Media in the Information Age. (ed.) the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. Abu Dhabi. S.35-51.
2005. "US Public Diplomacy, The Iraq War and Al-Jazeera.Net;" In Internet und Internationale Politik. Hrsg. Alexander, Siedschlag.
2005. "Morocco: Internet Making Censorship Obsolete” Arab Reform Bulletin 3,7,

www.carnegieendowment.org/files/ibrahine1.pdf

2005. "In Morocco: The Internet is putting the censors under greater duress” Commentary, September 26, 2005,

www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=18776

2005. "The Independent Media and Morocco’s Democratisation: The No-Go Areas,” Journal of Social Affairs. (i.R.)
2005. "The Sunni Tendency in Morocco: From Dawa to Militancy,”
2005. Buchbesprechung: "Arab World Television in the Age of Globalization: An Analysis of Emerging Political, Economic, Cultural and Technological Patters,” Muhammad Ayish, TBS, Issue No. 9,

www.tbsjournal.com/ReviewIbahrine.html

2004. "Morocco towards an Information Society,” First Monday. <br>(www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue9_1/ibahrine )
2004. "Das tunesische Mediensystem,” In Internationales Handbuch für Medien 2004/5. Edited by Hans-Bredow-Institut <br> (www.hans-bredow-institut.de/index.html ). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.
2004. "Die Medien in Marokko,” In Internationales Handbuch für Medien 2004/5. Edited by Hans-Bredow-Institut (www.hans-bredow-institut.de/index.html ). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.
2004. "Das algerische Mediensystem,” In Internationales Handbuch für Medien 2004/5. Edited by Hans-Bredow-Institut. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.
2002. "Das marokkanische Mediensystem im digitalen Zeitalter,” In Internationales Handbuch für Medien 2004/5. Edited by Hans-Bredow-Institut (www.hans-bredow-institut.de/index.html ). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. Pp. 889-896.
2002. "Länderberichte: Irak,” In Nah- und Mittelost Wirtschaftshandbuch 2002. Edited by German Near and Mittelost Business Association. Hamburg: Bertelsmann Springer Science + Business Media.
2002. "Democratization and the Press: The Case of Morocco,” Nord-Süd Aktuell (www.duei.de/nsa/02-4/titelinhalt.php ), No 4. Pp. 632-640.
2000. "Irak: Wirtschaftsentwicklung und politischer Hintergrund,” In Investitionsführer Naher Osten. Edited by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Institut, Frankfurt am Main, Pp. 88-92.

Book Reviews:

forthcoming 2007: Arab Satellite Television and Politics in the Middle East, Mohamed

www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-880

Contact/Kontakt:

mohammad_ibahrine@gmx.net

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