26/07/2026
Arab Media & Society, the journal of the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo announces the publication of its 40th issue on the subject of “Media & Geopolitics in the Arab World.”
The Arab world today stands at the intersection of shifting global alliances, prolonged conflicts, and the rise of new powers competing for influence across the Middle East. Media plays a pivotal role in this environment, not only as a mirror reflecting events but also as an active participant shaping narratives, identities, and public opinion. The coverage of wars and conflicts, the construction of national and regional soft power, and the increasingly blurred lines between journalism, strategic communication, and digital activism underscore the centrality of media in contemporary geopolitics.
Issue 40 features contributions that critically interrogate the nexus between media and geopolitics in the Arab world. It comprises five peer-reviewed English articles, four peer-reviewed Arabic articles, one non-peer-reviewed research article, and one book review.
Topics include neutrality in Jordanian media discourse on the war in Ukraine, the governance of generative AI in digital marketing, the digital-political transition among the Middle Eastern and North African youth, YouTube’s role as a geopolitical actor in mediating child marriage discourses in Yemen, how podcasts shape global public opinion on the Iranian-Israeli conflict, narrative construction and framing in media coverage of Trump’s plan for Gaza, algorithmic bias in the coverage of geopolitical conflicts and its relationship to the Egyptian public’s perception of digital freedom of expression, and the role of hate speech in Israeli media in promoting genocide, among others.
You can read this issue in its entirety here: https://arabmediasociety.com/post_issue/issue-40-summer-fall-2025/.
Arab Media & Society is also pleased to announce the new call for papers for Issues 42 & 43, titled “Media Transformation and the Public Sphere”. These two issues seek theoretically informed and empirically grounded contributions that examine the transformation of Arab media and its implications for the public sphere in a rapidly changing communication environment.
You can see the full call for papers here: https://www.arabmediasociety.com/call-for-papers/.
Arab Media & Society is an open-access biannual Scopus-indexed journal. For inquiries, please contact us at [email protected].