Iran 's Generation Next: Sex, Blogs & Social Change
By Richard Eriksson on May 31, 2007 - 3:51pm
Jun 6 2007 - 7:00pm
From the announcement email:
Iran, with 70 percent of its population under 30, is one of the world's youngest nations. Today's Iranian youth are challenging authority, tuning into global youth culture, and transforming the Islamic Republic. Journalist, author and UBC adjunct professor Deborah Campbell spent six months travelling throughout Iran to explore the social and political changes at work.
She will present slides from her journey and discuss:
- New Media: how blogs and global media are changing social norms among the baby boomers
- The Socio-Sexual Revolution: shifting values, an educated populace, and disillusionment with Islamic theocracy
- Malls Vs. Mosques: the rise of materialism
Also on the panel:
- Alferd Hermida is a digital news pioneer, UBC professor and a veteran BBC journalist who spent four years as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East and was a founding member of the award-winning BBCNews.com site.
- Robert Hackett is an author, SFU communication professor and scholar on "Media Democracy".
Q&A: Facilitated by Robert Anderson (Dialogue Centre)
