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Tweets from the Revolution (Dateline: Overseas Press Club)

June 1, 2011 by Lawrence Pintak Leave a Comment

(June 2011) “I was attacked today when I tried to protect some foreigners.” The Facebook message arrived in my inbox early afternoon Pacific time. It was evening in Cairo on Feb. 4, the pivotal “Day of Anger” that would ultimately lead to the downfall of the regime. The young woman who sent the message was a […]

Filed Under: Arab Uprising Tagged With: Adham Center for Journalism, American university in Cairo, Arab journalism, Arab media, Arab Spring, AUC, OPC, tahrir Square, twitter

Columbia Univ. Dart Center Interview

February 11, 2011 by Lawrence Pintak Leave a Comment

Columbia Univ. Dart Center Interview For Journalism and Trauma (Feb. 1, 2011) A media scholar explains how Arab news professionals, under siege as governments seek to manage their message, see themselves as agents of change in a turbulent time. Note: A media revolution unleashed 15 years ago with the launch of independent satellite network Al […]

Filed Under: Media Appearances Tagged With: Al Jazeera, Arab media, Arab Spring, Bloggers, Pintak, Satellite TV, social media, twitter

Crowd-sourcing Tunisia: separating electronic rumor from reality (The Seattle Times)

January 21, 2011 by Lawrence Pintak Leave a Comment

(Jan. 21, 2011) The Tunisian revolution is another reminder of the power of viral media. But it also underlines the fact that not all information is created equal. As they did during Iran’s much-hyped “Twitter Revolution,” news organizations and bloggers have been channeling a torrent of cellphone videos, tweets and blog posts from Tunisia. Indeed, […]

Filed Under: Arab Media, Arab Uprising Tagged With: Arab journalism, Arab journalists, blogger, Pintak, Satellite TV, social media, Tunisia, twitter

The Princess and the Facebook Girl (Arab Media & Society)

May 1, 2008 by Lawrence Pintak Leave a Comment

Issue 5, Spring 2008 Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, there lived a beautiful princess. Hers was a fairytale existence of spectacular palaces and footmen with gleaming swords and, of course, a handsome prince. But this princess was sad, for the voices of her people were but a whisper. It was […]

Filed Under: Arab Media, Egypt Tagged With: Arab journalists, Arab media, Bloggers, Egypt, Esraa Abdelfattah, Facebook Girl, Freedom House, Jordan, Pintak, Princess Rym, Saudi Arabia, twitter

Reporting a revolution: the changing Arab media landscape (Arab Media & Society)

January 1, 2006 by Lawrence Pintak Leave a Comment

Vol. 1 2006 Camera-phone videos of Egyptian police torturing suspects posted on YouTube.com. Prostitution and masturbation discussed on satellite TV. The Iranian president reaching out to Arabs on his own blog. The times, as Bob Dylan sang in another context, are a’ changin’. Across the Middle East, new television stations, radio stations and websites are […]