Analysis: A Ramadan soap opera that attempts to deter people from ISIL gets mired in stereotypes instead.
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ISIL’s alleged influence on social networking sites might be the result of western hype.
![The obsession with ISIL and its alleged social media success is more apparent in the West, writes Della Ratta [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014719145859117734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Syrian media entrepreneurs have broken the government’s monopoly over information.
![Wael Adel, 30, the manager of Nsaeem Syria radio station, records material in the studio in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/201442105753931580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A new wave of occupations redefines citizenship and political participation in Italy, as elections fast approach.
Taboo-breaking TV show once seen as harbinger of political reform looks old-fashioned today in light of the uprising.
Civil disobedience is the only way to mobilise people in big cities that are deemed to be regime strongholds in Syria.
Activists online TV programmes, puppet shows and paper newspapers to spread information and mock the elite.
![bashar al-assad puppet [contributed]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/20111223124716136734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
As a result of privatisation and downsizing, Italian communities have taken culture into their own hands.
