Presenter : Michel Ghandour
Main Guest : Walter Isaacson, American author, journalist, and professor. He has been the
President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy studies organization based in
Washington, D.C., the chair and CEO of CNN, and the editor of Time.
Subject discussed :
Social media networks, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, did they contribute to the Arab
revolutions or did they actually create them? What is the role of online activists and bloggers in
it? Will these networks turn into the main source of news instead of satellite TV? How does the
American media deal with the acceleration of Arab events? What are the strategies adopted by
the Board of Trustees of American Radio and Television Broadcasting?
Video available in this link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxPOZyxPLjA
