Communications and Society Program

Dead Sea Scrolling 2008 Arab-US Media Forum

Dead Sea Scrolling, the new report of the 2008 Arab-U.S. Media Forum from the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program, explores the impact of new media in spanning the cultural and informational divides between the Arab and American worlds. Leading Arab and American journalists and media entrepreneurs discuss the budding transparency and openness enabled by new media and confront the harmful stereotyping in which both worlds so readily engage. Download Report in PDF.

Introduction

Information Flows: Speaking in Tongues While Seeding Social Networking 
Crocker Snow Jr.

Arab World's New Media Windfall: Sweet for Users, Sour for Governments
Daoud Kuttab

Bloggers Delivering New Transparencies in Arab World
Samih Toukan

Popular and News-Driven Arab Blogs and Aggregators

A Challenging Baghdad Assignment: Arab Correspondent For U.S. Network
Keynote Address by Her Royal Highness Princess Rym Ali of Jordan

Virtual Pilgrimage To Mecca: Building Dialogue with Avatar Advocates
Joshua S. Fouts (with Rita J. King)

Generation Facebook Creating Egypt's Political Party of the Internet
Mona Eltahawy

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2008 Forum Participants

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