LEADER 04294nam 22006375 450 001 9910637727103321 005 20251008133601.0 010 $a9783031142529 010 $a3031142527 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-14252-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7165770 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7165770 035 $a(CKB)25913871600041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-14252-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925913871600041 100 $a20221222d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aScience Journalism in the Arab World $eThe Quest for ?Ilm? and Truth /$fby Abdullah Alhuntushi, Jairo Lugo-Ocando 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (266 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South,$x2662-4818 311 08$aPrint version: Alhuntushi, Abdullah Science Journalism in the Arab World Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031142512 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-261) and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: An Account of Science Journalism in MENA .-Chapter 3: Science Journalism and Media Systems in MENA -- Chapter 4: Science News Cultures and Journalism Practice -- Chapter 5: Science Journalism and Professional Autonomy -- Chapter 6: News Sources and Access in Science -- Chapter 7: Gender and Science News in the Arab World -- Chapter 8: Data and Statistics in Science News Reporting in the Arab World -- Chapter 9: Science News Audiences in the Middle East -- Chapter 10: Conclusion. 330 $aThis book examines the main issues and challenges that science journalism faces in the MENA region while analyzing how journalists in these countries cover science and engage with scientists. Most countries in the Middle East and North Africa region have set an ambitious goal for 2030: to transform their societies and become knowledge economies. This means modernizing institutions and encouraging people to embrace Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics as part of their daily lives. This books claims that the main vehicle to achieve this goal is science news reporting, as it continues to be the main platform to disseminate scientific knowledge to the general public. Simultaneously, it is also poorly equipped to achieve this task. Interviewing dozens of journalists, the authors looked at specific areas such as the gender divide and its effects on science news reporting as well as the role of religion and culture in shaping journalism as a political institution. The authors conclude that traditional normative assumptions as to why science reporting does not live up to expectations need to be reviewed in light of other more structural problems such as lack of skills and specialization in science communication in the region. In so doing, the book sets out to understand the past, present and future of science news in one of the most challenging regions in the world for journalists. Abdullah Alhuntushi, PhD is a lecturer at the Department of Media, King Khalid Military Academy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Jairo Lugo-Ocando, PhD is Professor and Dean of the College of Communication at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. . 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South,$x2662-4818 606 $aCommunication in science 606 $aJournalism 606 $aEthnology$zMiddle East 606 $aCulture 606 $aScience Communication 606 $aJournalism 606 $aMiddle Eastern Culture 615 0$aCommunication in science. 615 0$aJournalism. 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aCulture. 615 14$aScience Communication. 615 24$aJournalism. 615 24$aMiddle Eastern Culture. 676 $a070.4495 676 $a070.4495 700 $aAlhuntushi$b Abdullah$01274572 702 $aLugo-Ocando$b Jairo 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910637727103321 996 $aScience journalism in the Arab world$93089418 997 $aUNINA