A group started for participants in Dickinson College's POSC290 - Mass Media, Communication, and Political Identity in MENA. Now open to all who are interested in the intersections of media and politics in the region, particularly new and emerging digital media. When requesting membership, please explain why. Note that this is for academic purposes, not for marketing.
How many media active in this situation? Not TV, laptop, phones, cameras. Incredible that the world has access to this quite intimate moment. Are private/public boundaries meaningful any more?
Its interesting to me that they would lift the bans off of social networking sites like facebook and twitter, but still keep websites like Amazon blocked. If they were slowly going to progress to more freedom of speech/press, I would expect them to start with the latter.
