Doha Media Symposium that concluded on March 1 examined how seismic shifts in the way digital content is consumed and distributed are reshaping the global news and entertainment industries. Organised by Northwestern University in Qatars (NU-Q) Fresh Global Media Players conference and supported by a grant from the Qatar National Research Fund, the symposium had […]
Doha Media Symposium that concluded on March 1 examined how seismic shifts in the way digital content is consumed and distributed are reshaping the global news and entertainment industries.
Organised by Northwestern University in Qatars (NU-Q) Fresh Global Media Players conference and supported by a grant from the Qatar National Research Fund, the symposium had participants from regional and international academics, commentators and practitioners to discuss the radical transformations of news and entertainment over the past decade. Experts were joined by students, Qatari media entrepreneurs and government officials, including from Qatars Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage.
Digital disruption in the global advertising industry and the dizzying growth of online search as a profitable review stream were key themes throughout the two-day forum.
From the rapid rise of Turkish television dramas across the Middle East and North Africa to the economics of pirated video content, we are in the midst of a global redistribution of communication power to the Arab world and Global South, said Everette E. Dennis, dean and CEO of NU-Q.
We were proud to host a discussion where such distinguished thinkers broke ground on what the future of media may look like.
The forum also gave NU-Q journalism and communication students the chance to interview the symposiums high profile speakers. The full list of speakers included: Dr Abdulnasser Al Ansari, Deputy Executive Director, QNRF; Annabelle Sreberny, professor of global media and communication at the Centre for Media Studies at SOAS, University of London; John Sinclair, honorary professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne; Tristan Mattelart, professor of international communication at the University of Paris 8; Mohamed Zayani, associate professor of critical theory at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar; John Jirik, planning editor, CCTV News; Andrea Esser, principal lecturer in media and communications at the University of Roehampton, London; Sevda Alankus, dean of the Faculty of Communication, Kadir Has University in Istanbul; and Joe Khalil, associate professor in residence, NU-Q.
