How TV and the Internet are Changing Arab Politics

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Partner:: Lowy Institute for International Policy
Location:: The Lowy Institute for International Policy
Sydney, Australia
Event Date:: 10.15.08
Speaker:: David Hardaker
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Summary: Satellite television and the internet have broken Arab governments' stranglehold on information, forcing regimes to react in order to control a growing channel for organised dissent.

Acclaimed former ABC journalist David Hardaker explores how the 'new media' in the Middle East is changing Arab politics and what local regimes are trying to do to stop it - The Lowy Institute for International Policy

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David Hardaker

David Hardaker was appointed Middle East correspondent in 2006. As a senior reporter and presenter David Hardaker has covered the biggest domestic and international stories for the ABC. He has worked on a number of the ABC’s flagship television programs, from Four Corners to The 7.30 Report to Foreign Correspondent. On radio David has been reporter, presenter and executive producer on the network’s daily current affairs programmes, AM, PM and The World Today. In 2004 he won a Walkley award for exposing a three decades long cover-up of sexual abuse by the Jesuit religious order in Australia, and in 2006 a Walkley Award for Radio Current Affairs Reporting - 'The Israeli Wars'. He is also a three times Walkley award finalist and has broken a number of major national stories. His most recent award was a gold world medal in the 2007 New York Festivals for his story on Turkish writer and Nobel Prize winner, Orhan Pamuk. David joined the ABC after working at the Nine Network’s “60 Minutes” program where he specialised in investigations. David was born in Australia but has a special passion for languages and speaks Arabic, French, German and Italian.

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01.: Lowy Institute Introduction

00 min 46 sec

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02.: Learning Arabic in Egypt

03 min 33 sec

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03.: Media Explosion in Cairo

01 min 31 sec

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04.: The New Media Has Become the New Invader

03 min 25 sec

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05.: Beginning with Al-Jazeera

03 min 46 sec

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06.: Competitors: Al Arabiya

01 min 39 sec

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07.: Satellite TV Statistics in Arab World

00 min 57 sec

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08.: Impact of Blogging and Social Networking

02 min 23 sec

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09.: Internet Activism in Egypt

04 min 30 sec

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10.: How New Journalism Empowers Traditional Journalism

02 min 09 sec

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11.: Egypt's Facebook Girl

01 min 15 sec

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12.: Government Backlash

05 min 08 sec

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13.: Looking to the Future

03 min 47 sec

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14.: Q & A

00 min 38 sec

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15.: Q1: Non-Arab Influence

04 min 44 sec

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16.: Q2: Focus on Egypt

04 min 42 sec

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17.: Q3: Youth Bubble and New Media

03 min 45 sec

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18.: Q4: Increased Participation of Women

01 min 21 sec

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19.: Q5: Internet in Iran

01 min 43 sec

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20.: Q6: Western Entertainment TV

02 min 45 sec

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David Hardaker, Egyptian Bloggers are Empowering Media

03 min 05 sec

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David Hardaker on Egypt's 'Facebook Girl'

01 min 44 sec

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