Marwan Kraidy, CEO and Dean of Northwestern Qatar and leading scholar of global communication and media, joins us on the afikra podcast to discuss media, truth, and journalism in the Arab world.
This episode dives into the impact of mobile phones, reflects on whether social media is a force for good or not, and explores the notion of “socio-political maturity”. We discuss how the center of gravity for media in the Arab world has shifted to the Gulf and why the old adage “Cairo writes, Beirut publishes and Baghdad reads” no longer holds true. Finally, we talk about the business model for media in the Arab world right now and why Turkish TV series have seen such major success.
0:00 Introduction
1:07 Northwestern University in Qatar & “Reality Television & Arab Politics: Contention in Public Life”
5:56 Impact of Media on Arab Publics
8:46 Social Media: A Force for Good?
12:15 The Media Landscape in the Arab World
16:44 The Business of Media in the Arab World
21:30 The Success of Turkish TV Dramas
25:56 Influence of Media & TV
32:55 The Global South & South to South
35:37 The Naked Blogger of Cairo: Creative Insurgency in the Arab World
41:30 Freedom of Speech in the Arab World
44:40 Is There Room for Hope and Optimism?
46:53 Most Undercovered Stories, Beats & Topics from the Arab World
50:45 Misunderstandings about a Media Career
52:01 Quick Q&A
Marwan M. Kraidy is dean and CEO of Northwestern in Qatar. He founded the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South, which hosts multidisciplinary teams of faculty and students dedicated to evidence-based storytelling on the diverse histories, cultures, societies and media of the Global south. He is a scholar of global communication and an authority on Arab media, culture and politics.
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