The Making and Unmaking of Uprisings:Reflections on Youth--Generated Media

The Research and Policy Forum on Youth in the Arab World in the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs held a lecture and open discussion entitled: "The Making and Unmaking of Uprisings:Reflections on Youth--Generated Media" by Joe F. Khalil.
Dr. Joe F. Khalil is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University in Qatar. He has more than fifteen years of professional television experience as a director, executive producer and consultant with major Arab satellite channels. Khalil's scholarly interests revolve around Arab youth, alternative media and global media industries. As a recipient of a Smith Richardson Foundation grant, he authored a policy monograph on Arab satellite entertainment television and public diplomacy. He also co-authored Arab Television Industries (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, with Marwan Kraidy), and is currently working on a book-project based on his dissertation, Youth-Generated Media in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, which examines alternative media cases in both countries.

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