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Film, Video Oussama Romdhani: The Impact of the Information Technology Revolution on the Youth of Tunisia

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Title

  • Oussama Romdhani: The Impact of the Information Technology Revolution on the Youth of Tunisia

Summary

  • Oussama Romdhani, director general of the Tunisian External Communication Agency, made a presentation in the African and Middle Eastern Reading Room on "The Impact of the Information Technology Revolution on the Youth of Tunisia." He commented on the TV viewing habits of the Tunisian public based on a recent Gallup poll, and discussed the impact of satellite dishes in bringing TV programs from Europe and the Middle East to every Tunisian home. He also explained that there were 8.5 million cell phones in Tunisia, which had an impact on family authority, and how the internet promotes modernity and could also be used to recruit young people to radical Islamic causes.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2008-03-21.

Headings

  • -  Government, Law
  • -  Government, World Affairs

Notes

  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Classification: Law.
  • -  Oussama Romdhani.
  • -  Recorded on 2008-03-21.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687940

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. Oussama Romdhani: The Impact of the Information Technology Revolution on the Youth of Tunisia. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-21, 2008. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687940/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division, S. B. (2008) Oussama Romdhani: The Impact of the Information Technology Revolution on the Youth of Tunisia. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-21. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687940/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. Oussama Romdhani: The Impact of the Information Technology Revolution on the Youth of Tunisia. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-21, 2008. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687940/>.