Different forms of Othering: Arab Diaspora Social Media in Sweden: Site of Information or Site of Struggle?

Online lecture by Dr Mahitab Ezz El Din, assistant professor at Linnaeus University, Sweden. The lecture is no. 2/9 in the fall 2021 online lecture series.

With the increase in migration to the Western countries, social media became the alternative space for Arab diaspora to meet and bring in the issues of their concern. Diaspora community discussions on open online spaces in Sweden reveal different dynamics between migrants online. The lecture focuses on such platforms where one can examine the identities of migrants and critically analyse the discourses and ideologies emerging in the texts in commentary sections.

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About

Dr Mahitab Ezz El Din, assistant professor, Department of Media and Journalism (MJ) at Linnaeus University, Sweden, and received her PhD in Media and Communication studies from Örebro University, Sweden. Her research interest focuses on media and democracy, media and society, media and migration/integration as well as media and conflict. Her recent publications focus on news media racialization as well as diaspora media. Currently working on a research project on alternative constructive forms for reporting migrants. She also has journalistic experience from several media organizations, lately Ekot Radio Sweden.

Lecture Series

The research project Mediatized Diaspora – Contentious Politics among Arab Media Users in Europe at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, invites you to the fall 2021 online lecture series on Middle Eastern media, diaspora and politics Post-Arab Spring.

All lectures will take place on Thursdays at 17:15 (CET).

For any inquiries, please contact project leader: Dr Ehab Galal