This editorial argues for more research connecting media and communication as a discipline and the Arab Uprisings that goes beyond the mainstream techno-deterministic perceptions. The contributions in this thematic issue can be summarized around three central arguments: First, mainstream media, like TV and journalism, are central and relevant actors in the post-Arab Uprisings phase which have often been overlooked in previous literature. Second, marginalized actors are still engaged in asymmetric power struggles due to their vulnerable status, the precarious political economy, or a marginalized geographic location outside centralized polities. Finally, the third strand of argument is the innovative transnational geographic and chronological synapses that studying media and Arab Uprisings can bring. The editorial calls for more critical and interdisciplinary approaches that follow a region marked by inherent instability and uncertainty.

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超越主流媒体和传播对阿拉伯起义的看法

这篇社论主张进行更多的研究，将媒体和传播作为一门学科与阿拉伯起义联系起来，超越主流的技术决定论观念。本专题的贡献可以围绕三个核心论点进行总结：首先，主流媒体，如电视和新闻业，是后阿拉伯起义阶段的核心和相关参与者，这在以前的文献中经常被忽视。其次，边缘化行为体由于其弱势地位、不稳定的政治经济或集权政体之外的边缘化地理位置，仍在进行不对称的权力斗争。最后，第三个论点是研究媒体和阿拉伯起义可以带来的创新的跨国地理和时间突触。