Feb

24 2016

The Digital Battlefields

10:30AM - 12:00PM  

Coronado Public Library 640 Orange Ave
Coronado, CA 92118

Contact Ilene Tatro
858.362.1154
ilenet@lfjcc.org

$ Cost $ 0.00

The Digital Battlefields: How New Media Have Transformed Conflict in the Middle East

Lecturer: Professor Ibrahim Al-Marashi, CSUSM

Wednesday, February 24, 2016 • 10:30 A.M.
Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange Avenue, Coronado, CA 92118

For Information: Ilene Tatro (858) 362-1154

The media has been fascinated with how ISIS has used social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to communicate. This lecture contextualize how ISIS uses the media, within a great transformation of how new media have transformed Middle Eastern conflicts, from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to the Syrian civil war.