Muscat,(ONA) - The activities of the “Cultural Media - Its Prospects and Variables” conference began today, organized by the Cultural Club over a period of two days, through visual conferencing through the Zoom program.
More than thirty researchers from inside and outside the Sultanate will participate in the conference, and it aims to discuss the most prominent challenges facing cultural media. It will also address many issues that include various cultural affairs and their relationship to political and economic changes in light of digital development, the role of social media networks in influencing it, as well as citizenship and its relationship to cultural investment, and the formation of awareness among Omani youth.
The conference will be based on six basic topics, the first of which is the horizons and visions of cultural media, the second topic deals with cultural media and identity, the third topic deals with cultural media in light of political and economic changes, the fourth topic deals with cultural media and technical and digital development, the fifth topic deals with the role of cultural media in development investments, and the sixth and final topic reviews planning cultural media programs and policies.
The conference started with an opening session, presented by the journalist Youssef Al-Hooti. Dr. Obaid bin Saeed Al Shaksi, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Conference, will also deliver the speech of the scientific committee organizing the conference. Then, the symposium begins, which will include three working sessions. In the first session chaired by Hilal bin Saif Al-Badi, Omaima bint Mustafa Al-Lawati will participate with a paper entitled “A descriptive and analytical study on the contents of “Sharq Gharb” cultural magazine. Ayman Darawsheh from Jordan will also deliver a paper entitled “Cultural Media and Identity”, and Dr. Muhammad Al Safi from Morocco will present a paper entitled “Cultural Media Programs and the Privacy of Preserving the Arab Cultural Identity in the Light of Globalization.”
The second session will be chaired by Dr. Muhammad bin Awad Al-Mashikhi, during which Dr. Samir Mahmoud from Egypt will present a paper entitled “Citizenship, Identity, Heritage and National Culture as a priority in Vision 2040 as reflected in the Omani press.” Fawzia bint Abdullah Al-Shehia will deal in her paper with “the influence of modern media on the Omani cultural identity among Omani youth (Twitter as a model)”, while Dr. Shawq Abbada Al-Naklawi from Egypt will present a paper titled “Media and the Cultural Identity of the Arab Child.”
The third session will be chaired by Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Rubaie, during which Dr. Loot Zeinab from Algeria and Dr. Mahmoud Saeed from Egypt will present a paper entitled “Cultural Media Systems Towards Political and Economic Transformation Systems”. Dr. Abd al-Salam Muhammad al-Ba'ba 'from Libya will also present a paper titled “Cultural Media in Light of Political and Economic Changes”, while Dr. Mahmoud Nazmi Baraka from Palestine will present a paper entitled “Cultural Media in Light of Political and Economic Changes”.
As for tomorrow, the conference will hold three working sessions. The first session will be moderated by Hilal bin Ali Al-Rashidi. The first paper in this session is entitled “The Role of New Media in Promoting Cultural Dialogue” presented by Dr. Azza Al-Qasabiya, while Hamdan bin Ali Al-Badi will present the second paper entitled “Cultural Programs in Omani Radio and Digital Media”, while Dr. Hisham Gamal from Egypt will present the third paper entitled “Technical Development of the Digital Image in Visual Media and its Relationship to the Cultural and Political Movement in the Arab Region.” In the last paper, Dr. Nahed Mohamed Bassiouni from Egypt will present a paper entitled “The Impact of Social Media Sites on the Cultural Identity of Youth in the Sultanate.”
In the second session, which will be moderated by Qusay bin Mansour Al-Zadjali, Dr. Abdel Hakim Khalil from Egypt will present the first paper entitled “Popular Media and its Mechanisms in Forming Public Opinion Toward Development Investments in Egyptian Society”. The second paper is entitled “Investing in Cultural Media in Awareness of the Dangers of Epidemics and Diseases and Methods of Treatment in the Moroccan Society: between the bet of healthy development and the challenge of the plurality of curative cultural formats” presented by Abdel-Ati Abu Hussein from Morocco.
As for the third session, which will be chaired by Awatif bint Nasser Al-Amiriya, the first paper will be presented by Dr. Faraj Hamida Al-Araibi from Libya entitled “Communication Effectiveness for Public Media Institutions in Light of Arab Cultural Changes, a field study of the Libyan Culture and Information Authority". Salahuddin Faraj Allah from Sudan will present a paper entitled “Planning and Policy for Cultural Media Programs”, while Dr. Mahjoub Kaddar from Morocco will present a paper entitled “The Contribution of Cultural Media to the Development of Urban Heritage and Cultural Identity in Morocco: Between Development Stakes and Challenges of Distortion”. Dr. Hanan Mahmoud will also present a paper titled “The Role of Cultural Media in Forming Awareness among Omani Youth.
It is worth noting that the cultural club aims, through holding this conference, to shed light on the specialized cultural media, and to highlight its role in criticizing the cultural product, with an emphasis on the role of traditional and digital media in determining the role of the media, highlighting its importance in promoting cultural activities, and expanding the audience, by monitoring the challenges faced by the media in covering the activities of the cultural arena, with all available means.
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