Institute for Media Training and Research
IMTR Director
Yasmine Dabbous is an assistant professor of journalism and media studies and the director for the Institute of Media Training and Research at LAU.
Her research falls at the intersection between media and cultural studies, often –but not always– with a focus on the Middle East and Lebanon. Dabbous is particularly interested in cultural history and what media may tell us about past cultures.
Dabbous received her BA in Journalism from the Lebanese American University. She received the Hariri Foundation Award of Distinction and a scholarship to pursue her Masters in Communication Studies at Boston University. In 2006, Dabbous graduated with a PhD in mass media and public affairs from the Manship School of Communication at Louisiana State University.
Dabbous has over eight years of experience writing for newspapers and magazines in the Arab World, including the Daily Star newspaper and ArabAd magazine. She worked on freelance basis as researcher for, and scriptwriter of, short and feature documentaries. Between 2003 and 2006, she was a public relations consultant for Hill & Knowlton, both in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. Her main client was Pepsico International.
Selected works
Melki, J., Dabbous, Y., Nasser, K. and Mallat, S. Mapping the digital media: Journalism, democracy and values (Lebanon chapter). A descriptive survey on the impact of digitization on traditional Lebanese media and their ethical standards, commissioned by the Open Society Institute. Study completed, to be released online later this year.
Dabbous, Y., & Nasser, K. (2009). A waste of public diplomacy? The performance of Al Hurra TV among Lebanon’s university students. Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 2(1), 100-114(15).
Dabbous, Y., & Ladley, A. (2010). A spine of steel and a heart of gold: Newspaper coverage of the first female speaker of the house. Journal of Gender Studies, 19(2), 181-194.
Dabbous, Y. (2010). Media With a Mission: Why Fairness and Balance Are Not Priorities in Lebanon’s Journalistic Codes. International Journal of Communication, no. 4, http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/487/444
Dabbous, Y., Nasser, K., & Dabbous, F. (2010). “Across the bridge of death:” The culture of martyrdom in Lebanon 1960s-1980s. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 13(6), 1-23.
