Research paper prepared for the UNESCO Regional Conferences in Support of Global Literacy (Doha, 12 – 14 March 2007):
Media literacy and awareness have long been neglected in the Arab world, often leading to
unfavourable consequences and exacerbating a volatile situation spawned by political, economic and social unrest, not to mention lack of leadership. Media literacy as a subject is rarely taught in schools in any organized way and is often couched in vague terminology within university courses that fail to address the raison d’être of mass communication tools, their financial support systems and the various influences that could transform them into weapons of mass deception …