Digital technology is bringing rapid change to Arab nations, from protests to social interactions, and the effects will be felt far beyond regional borders. In Arab Media: the Web 2.0 Revolution fall edition a range of media issues are covered. Last April, hundreds of journalists crowded into an opulent hotel conference room for the annual Arab Media Forum in Dubai. Much of the subject matter would have been painfully familiar to journalists in the West: anxious talk about the hemorrhage of newspaper classifieds to the Internet, tense remarks by broadcasters on daunting challenges of convergence and broadband.
Arab Media: the Web 2.0 Revolution
, Filed Under: Media & Information Literacy, Media Education Policy, Resources, Youth Media
Source: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Author: Anne Nelson for The Carnegie Reporter (Fall 2008)