| Fields of Study: |
Arab media; popular culture; globalization; cultural hybridity |
| Education: |
Ph.D. Candidate, Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers University
M.A., American Studies, Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
M.F.A., Documentary Film, Marc Bloch University, France
B.A., American Studies, Sorbonne Nouvelle, France (1 year exchange program at University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA)
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| Research Interests: |
Primary Area of Interest: I investigate to what extent Moroccan produced TV dramas are shaped by local, national, and global cultural flows such as wider influences from the Arab world, the old colonial power – France - and from American popular culture. I also explore how audiences in Morocco receive Arab, French, and American produced television series. How do they contribute to shaping their perceptions of Morocco and the Arab world in relationship to the West?
Other Areas of Interest: News and social movements; journalistic norms and practices; objectivity in the news; Field theory; civil society |
| Publications, Presentations, Projects of Interest: |
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS - Globalization & Television studies:
From Affective Economics to the Economy of Aesthetics: The Case of French Idol as a Glocalized Hybrid. Accepted at the 59th Annual conference of the International Communication Association, May 21-25, 2009 Thinking about Quality in Television Drama: Aesthetics, Emotionalism and Realism. 94th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association (NCA) in San Diego. Nov 21-25, 2008. Why French Television Drama Lags Behind: A Multiperspectival Approach. 58th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Montreal, May 22-26, 2008. Top Popular Communication Interactive Paper. Why French Television Drama Lags Behind: A Comparative Analysis. Top Graduate Student Paper Award. New Jersey Communication Association 11th Annual Conference at Kean University, March 2007. Â - News and social movements: Â
Preserving the Status Quo: The CPE Protests in French News. 26th Congress of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in Stockholm, Sweden. July 20-25, 2008. Selected to participate in the Emerging Scholars Network panel. Media Coverage of the 2006 Youth Protests: Is France Governed by the Streets or the Ballot Box? NCA Summer Conference: Rethinking Communication Within Changing Global Contexts at the University of Maine, June 2007. PUBLICATIONS From Affective Economics to the Economy of Aesthetics: The Case of French Idol as a Glocalized Hybrid. (Invited to submit a book chapter for an academic volume on Idol around the world). Why French Television Drama Lags Behind: A Comparison of Julie Lescaut and CSI: Miami. (Currently Under Review) Youth Protests in France and in the United States: The Role of the Media in Defining Civic Engagement. In Carpentier et. al (eds). Democracy, Journalism, and Technology: New Development in an Enlarged Europe. Tartu university Press. (short abstract, pp-375-376).  FILMS Casablanca: Now and Then. 2004 Young Chicanas. 2003   |
