The IFI Research and Policy Forum on Youth in the Arab World
cordially invites you to
A roundtable discussion
“Young Lebanese: What they feel, how they behave”
With
Charles Harb
Associate Professor of Social Psychology
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences – AUB
Jad Melki
Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies
Azza Baydoun and Maud Stephan
Lebanese Association of Women Researchers (BAHITHAT)
Date: Friday July 23, 2010 Time: 10:00 am – 1:00pm Location: Auditorium B1, College Hall, AUB
Dr. Jad Melki will present his analysis of “Media Habits of MENA Youth: A three-country survey”. It brings together the survey results of a pilot study of 2,554 university and high school students in Jordan, Lebanon and the UAE. The focus is on youth media consumption and production habits.
Dr. Azza Baydoun and Dr. Maud Stephan will present their work entitled “Young Lebanese Women: Spectators, Readers and Listeners” (in Arabic) which surveyed 580 men and women in their first year of university and explored their cultural consumption habits. This work identifies the effect of socio-demographic factors on their preferences and attitudes as “spectators”, “listeners” and “readers”.
Kindly find the agenda attached to this email.
Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs 408 Diana Tamari Sabbagh (DTS) Building American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Tel: 961 1 350000, x 4150/1; Fax: 961 1 737627; Email: ifi@aub.edu.lb