Abeer AlNajjar is an associate professor of Media and Journalism Studies, a Visiting Scholar at The Communication and Media Research Institute -the Westminster School of Media & Communication 2018-2019 and a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Center at LSE. She was the Dean of Jordan Media Institute 2011-2012 (Amman, Jordan). She earned her PhD from the College of Arts at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Abeer served as a member of a UNESCO advisory group of experts (2013/14) for “World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development”. Collaborated with major international organizations like Freedom House. She published two books and several articles and book chapters on Media, Gender & Religion; Media framing of Political Conflict and War; Journalistic Ethics and Practices; Global News Flow. Her most recent publications include "Cultural Resistance in the Middle East" at the International Encyclopedia of Media, Gender and Communication 2020 & "Bias" for the International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies, 2019.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: ReviewHow Egyptian TV series ‘The Choice’ is stirring controversy about the Rab’a massacreThe show appears to adopt the regime’s narrative as fact, despite it being disputed by human rights organisations
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhat's wrong with Jordanian media?Lack of home coverage of the royal family’s biggest public rift in decades reveals the dire state of access to...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“The deal of the century”: how global media silenced the PalestiniansNews media coverage of the “deal of the century” was deafening in its silence on international law and the...