The Social Media Spring? - Global Art Forum_6

Newly expanded to six days for 2012, the Global Art Forum_6 was presented by Art Dubai in partnership with Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, and supported by the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority. Entitled 'The Medium of Media', the Global Art Forum_6 examined the double meaning of the term 'media', both within the art world and referring to the world of publishing and reportage.

THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPRING?
Lecture

Commentator Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi describes the ways in which the medium of social media has played an instrumental role in the 'Arab Spring', and whether history will over- or under-emphasise its political significance.

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