Publications
PhD Thesis
Elswah, M. (2023). Online tactical innovation and stagnation: insights from the aftermath of the Arab Spring in Syria and Tunisia [Doctoral Thesis, University of Oxford] https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:bdf2c6f7-2f2c-4488-9480-14852369e985
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Bradshaw, S., Elswah, M. & Perini, A (2023). Look who’s watching: State media labels & user perceptions. American Behavioral Scientis. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642231175639
Elswah, M., & Howard, P. N. (2022). Where news could not inspire change: TRT World as a party broadcaster. Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849211033444
Elswah, M. & Alimardani, M. (2021). Propaganda Chimera: Unpacking the Iranian perception information operations in the Arab world. Open Information Science. 5: 163-174. https://doi.org/10.1515/opis-2020-0122
Elswah, M. & Howard, P. N. (2020). “Anything that causes chaos”: The organisational behaviour of Russia Today (RT). Journal of Communication, 70(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqaa027
Alimardani, M. & Elswah, M. (2020). Online temptations: Religious misinformation and covid19 in the MENA region. Social Media + Society, 6(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120948251
WORKING PAPERS AND MEMOS
Elswah, M. (2024). Does AI Understand Arabic? Evaluating The Politics Behind the Algorithmic Arabic Content Moderation. Carr Center for Human Rights Policy research publications, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4690351
Au, H., Elswah, M., Valenzuela, S., Chun, WHK., Kim, YM., & Howard, P. (2023). Trends in the Global Information Environment: 2023 Expert Survey Results. https://www.ipie.info/research/sr2023-3
Alimardani, M. & Elswah, M. (2021). Digital Orientalism: #SaveSheikhJarrah and Arabic Content Moderation. Project on Middle East and Political Science (POMEPS). https://pomeps.org/digital-orientalism-savesheikhjarrah-and-arabic-content-moderation
Rebello K., Schwieter, C., Schliebs, M., Elswah, M., Bright, J., & Howard, P. (2020). Coronavirus coverage by state-backed English-language news sources: Understanding Chinese, Iranian, Russian and Turkish government media. https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/state-media-coronavirus/
Alimardani, M. & Elswah, M. (2020). Trust, religion, politics: Coronavirus misinformation in Iran. In Meedan 2020 Misinfodemic Report. https://meedan.com/reports/trust-religion-and-politics-coronavirus-misinformation-in-iran/?fbclid=IwAR1YbI0sWmjmpCjM3abu9PiVneyoCLpNX3GgSinHqXIZBhOBPBahPijdNCA
Bright, J., Au, H., Bailey, H., Elswah, M., Schliebs, M., Marchal, N., Schwieter, C., Rebello K., & Howard, P. (2020). Coronavirus coverage by state-backed English-language news sources: Understanding Chinese, Iranian, Russian and Turkish government media. https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/state-media-coronavirus/
Elswah, M., & Howard, P. (2020). The challenges of monitoring social media in the Arab world: The Case of the 2019 Tunisian elections. https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/tunisia-election-memo/?fbclid=IwAR2nDUgffukY6zT760tI2EdUnst1DNZL3AZti1MC0mEv7kh7QvS8cjP0kV0
Elswah, M., & Howard, P., & Narayanan, V. (2019). Iranian digital interference in the Arab world. https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/working-papers/iranian-digital-interference-in-the-arab-world/
Narayanan, V., Howard, P., Kollanyi, B., & Elswah, M. (2017). Russian involvement and junk news during Brexit. http://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/89/2017/12/Russia-and-Brexit-v27.pdf