ARA4505 - Autumn 2004

Teaching plan

DateTeacherPlaceTopicLecture notes / comments
26.08.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 417 PAM? Technical introduction: Arabizing the computer; use of Arabic script in Internet browsing? ?
02.09.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 417 PAM? Survey of various categories of forums on the Internet (Usenet, listservs &c lists, web)? ?
09.09.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? Technical and political infrastructure of the Internet in the Arab world? ?
16.09.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? Most popular usage: contact with friends, entertainment, news? ?
23.09.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? Examples from the large portal sites? chatting, music, sports, sex, counselling, etc.?
30.09.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? Specifics of the Arabic Internet: discussion forums; religious sites; Gulf dominance? ?
07.10.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? Activists on the net 1: Islamists / militant extremists? prepare reading this discussion of Jihad on the Amr Khaled discussion forum?
14.10.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? Activists on the net 2: secular and human rights groups? ?
28.10.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? Country profiles (The Internet in Egypt, Saudi-Arabia, Morocco, ...)? ?
04.11.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? News sites ('press', e-zines, radio, TV, news aggregators, ...)? ?
11.11.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? News sites 2? oral presentations
  • Arabic vs. English versions of IOL/Jazeera, etc.
  • Darfur in Arabic media
?
18.11.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? Religious sites (IOL, Amr Khaled). Fatwas? oral presentation:
  • womens' magazines (Sayyidati); women on Amr Khaled's site
?
25.11.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? Religious sites 2? oral presentation:
  • inter-religious dialogue
?
02.12.2004Albrecht Hofheinz? 542 HW? Discussion sites? oral presentation:
  • women's discussion forums
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