Annabelle Sreberny (5 September 1949 – 30 December 2022) was a writer, scholar, and professor of

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and Director of the Centre for Media and Film Studies at

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.Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran
, 19 October 2014 Her writing covers globalization, communication, and culture with specific foci on international news and

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.Professor Annabelle Sreberny
19 October 2014Annabelle Sreberny: Political Moment or Social Movement? Beyond the Spectacle of Participation in the Middle East
19 October 2014

Politics

Sreberny was a Labour Party member of the

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in Highbury East branch.

Authored books

*''The World of the News: The News of the World'' (

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, 1980) *'' Small Media, Big Revolution: Communication, Culture, and the Iranian Revolution'' with Ali Mohammadi (

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, 1994) *''Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran'' with Gholam Khiabany (

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, 2011) *''Cultural Revolution in Iran: Contemporary Popular Culture in the Islamic Republic'' with Massoumeh Torfeh (

, 2013) *''Persian Service: the BBC and British Interests in Iran'' with Massoumeh Torfeh (

, 2014)

Edited books

*''Questioning the Media: a Critical Introduction'' with John Downing; Ali Mohammadi (Sage Publications, 1995) *''Media in Global Context : a Reader'' (Arnold, 1997) *''Gender, Politics and Communication'' (Hampton Press, 2000) *''International News in the 21st Century'' with Chris Paterson (John Libbey Publishing, 2004) *''Media and Political Violence'' with Hillel Nossek, Prasun Sonwalkar (Hampton Press, 2007)

References

External links

Professor Annabelle Sreberny
Faculty profile at

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sreberny, Annabelle 1949 births Living people Iranologists English people of Jewish descent Writers from London Labour Party (UK) people Academics of SOAS University of London