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New Article – Digital De-Citizenship: The Rise of the Digital Denizen in Bahrain
Very happy to announce the publication of my latest article in a roundtable of wonderful scholars. The topic, citizenship and belonging. Digital De-Citizenship: The Rise of the Digital Denizen in Bahrain – Volume 52 Issue 4 Source: Digital De-Citizenship: The Rise of the Digital Denizen in Bahrain
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A bizarre update on the Mitchell Belfer case
The Mitchell Belfer saga gets stranger. The Czech paper Denik, which previously ran a story about Belfer being investigated by the Higher Education Board for not providing his doctoral credentials, has now stated that it was satisfied that the Metropolitan University of Prague has seen his credentials. In my view, this raises far more questions…
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Czech paper Deník covers story about Middle East analyst Mithcell Belfer’s refusal to reveal where his PhD is from
The following blog post is translated using Google Translate (so expect some errors). The original article can be found here, written by journalist Jakub Zelenka We were shocked. ”A recognized expert on the Middle East graduated from a university in Prague, unable to prove his doctoral degree University educator Mitchell Belfer taught for years at…
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No record of this prominent academic and analyst, with Op-eds in the National Review and the Wall Street Journal having a PhD? The Curious Case of ‘Dr.’ Mitchell Belfer
***Update 04/08/2020*** Since this blog was first written a number of developments have occurred. Belfer’s former Head of Department at MUP confirmed that Belfer no longer worked there, although Belfer had claimed he was on ‘provisional suspension’ pending outcome of an ethics committee investigation The journal which Belfer founded, CEJISS, has since removed Belfer as…
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Welcome to fireside with Dr. Marc
HBKU Comms asked to film a short piece with me about how it was teaching remotely. I complied, on the condition my cat be featured 😉
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Saudi, UAE Twitter takedowns won’t curb rampant disinformation on Arab Twitter
A link to my new article on The Monkey Cage blog: Saudi, UAE Twitter takedowns won’t curb rampant disinformation on Arab Twitter
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Who is retweeting Boris Johnson?
I analysed around 13,000 retweets of Boris Johnson’s tweet that read “The referendum result must be respected. We will leave the EU on 31st October. #LeaveOct31“. He tweeted this twice, once on 15th Aug and again on 27th. The following is what I found: #StopTheCoup To read this viral Twitter thread please head here!
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Someone in Saudi has taken over the verified Twitter account of a dead American meteorologist – and there’s more…
The hacked accounts of verified users on Twitter are likely being bought and sold to unknown Saudi entities and Twitter appear to be doing little about it. This post details a number of examples of this problem, putting it in the wider context of the problematic Gulf Twittersphere. **Update: Since I wrote this blog and it…
Marc Owen Jones 