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<BODY style="FONT: 10pt Segoe UI; MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px">>>> "Christoph Dinkelaker christoph.dinkelaker@alsharq.de [ib-liste]" <ib-liste-noreply@yahoogroups.de> 09.11.2017 16:29 >>><BR><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"><SPAN style="DISPLAY: none"> </SPAN> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~-->
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<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'><SPAN>Dear all,</SPAN></P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'><SPAN>what is the impact on society when there is plenty of media but almost all of it is controlled by political donors? <A href="www.alsharq.de">Alsharq </A>cordially invites you to a discussion with Dr. Sarah el-Richani, author of “The Lebanese Media. Anatomy of a System in Perpetual Crisis”.</SPAN><EM style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><SPAN id=more-13930></SPAN></EM></P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'>“Pity the nation divided into fragments, each fragment deeming itself a nation”, said Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran about 80 years ago. A statement undoubtedly fitting to Lebanon today. The country is divided on many levels and therefore in constant crisis mode. This once again became evident in early November when Prime Minister Saad Hariri suddenly resigned for ambiguous reasons. Fears of civil strife have returned to Lebanon following a brief period of hope after the formation of a national unity government.</P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'>The Lebanese media are often accused of further dividing the society. The Lebanese media system, famous for its wide spectrum of opinions and political ideologies is a unique case: Although the audience is extremely small, there is a huge number of outlets: Eight TV stations, even more radio stations and an unknown number of newspapers – all combating for only four Million Lebanese inhabitants.</P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'>Since there are too many outlets for too few people, newspapers and TV stations can’t survive independently. The solution: political donors who use the outlets as their mouthpieces rendering the media system not only very pluralistic, but also highly politicized.</P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'>This “System of Perpetual Crisis” is the subject of<SPAN> </SPAN><STRONG style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Dr. Sarah el-Richani</STRONG>’s book “The Lebanese Media – Anatomy of a System in Perpetual Crisis”. (<A style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: rgb(126,158,0)" href="https://www.palgrave.com/de/book/9781137602800">Palgrave Macmillan 2016</A>).</P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'>We are happy to discuss with her the Lebanese Media system and its impact on society.</P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'><STRONG style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Date: November 21st, 7.30 pm</STRONG></P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'><STRONG style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Venue TBA</STRONG></P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'>Among others, we will discuss the following questions:</P>
<UL style='LIST-STYLE-TYPE: disc; FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 9px 25px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px'>
<LI>What are the effects on society when the media depends on politicians and their agendas, and how does it impact politics?
<LI>What is the effect on journalists and the freedom of press in such a system?
<LI>What are alternative media sources for the Lebanese public – which role do bloggers and social media activists play? </LI></UL>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'>Bodo Straub (Alsharq e.V.) whose Master Thesis dealt with Lebanese media will moderate the event (<EM style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><A style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: rgb(126,158,0)" href="http://www.alsharq.de/2014/mashreq/libanon/tv-sender-im-libanon-im-besitz-politischer-kraefte/" rel=noopener target=_blank>read here a summary of his thesis in German</A></EM>).</P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'>Please sign up for the event by sending an e-mail to<SPAN> </SPAN><A style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: rgb(126,158,0)" href="mailto:veranstaltung@alsharq.de">veranstaltung@alsharq.de</A>.</P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'><BR><STRONG style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Dr. Phil. Sarah El-Richani</STRONG><SPAN> </SPAN>is visiting fellow at the Centre for Lebanese Studies, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford and from January 2018, Assistant Professor at the American University in Cairo. She completed her doctoral studies in 2015 in the field of International Communication and Comparative Media Studies at the University of Erfurt, Germany and courtesy of a DAAD Scholarship.</P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'>Sarah obtained her MA from the University of Westminster courtesy of the Quintin Hogg Scholarship and her BA from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Her monograph, Lebanon: anatomy of a media system in perpetual crisis has been published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016.</P>
<P style='FONT-SIZE: 15px; FONT-FAMILY: georgia, "times new
roman", times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: rgb(64,64,64); FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px'>Sarah is on Twitter (<A style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; COLOR: rgb(126,158,0)" href="https://twitter.com/srichani">@srichani</A>) where she tweets on Middle-Eastern politics, media and most else.</P><BR><PRE class=moz-signature cols="72">--
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