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Join us at the launch of Liu Institute Visiting Fellow Mohamed Zayani‘s new book titled Digital Middle East: State and Society in the Information Age (Oxford UP).
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Liu Institute for Global Issues – Multipurpose Room
Light refreshments will be offered.
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About the book: In recent years, the Middle East’s information and communications landscape has changed dramatically. Increasingly, states, businesses, and citizens are capitalizing on the opportunities offered by new information technologies, the fast pace of digitization, and enhanced connectivity. These changes are far from turning Middle Eastern nations into network societies, but their impact is significant. The growing adoption of a wide variety of information technologies and new media platforms in everyday life has given rise to complex dynamics that beg for a better understanding.
Digital Middle East sheds a critical light on continuing changes that are closely intertwined with the adoption of information and communication technologies in the region. It explores how these multifaceted digital transformations are playing out in the social, cultural, political, and economic spheres, paying particular attention to the various disjunctions and discordances that have marked this digital turn.
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Bio: Mohamed Zayani is a Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia’s Liu Institute for Global Issues and Professor of Critical Theory at Georgetown University. He is the author of the award-winning book Networked Publics and Digital Contention.
This event is hosted by the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.
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