Producing the Public in Arab Societies: Media Working Group

Joe Khalil: Developing Media in Times of Uprisings: Tempos of Cultural Politics  

Joe F. Khalil, Ph.D., is an associate professor in residence at Northwestern University and visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics. He is a leading expert on Arab television production and programming. He has more than 15 years of professional television experience as director, executive producer and consultant with major Arab satellite channels (Orbit, MBC, MTV, CNBC Arabiya) and has conducted workshops on behalf of USAID, IREX and the University of Pennsylvania. Khalil is the recipient of the 2008 SIUC Excellence in Commitment Graduate Student Research Award, several teaching awards, and a research grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation. Khalil’s scholarly interests revolve specifically around Arab youth, alternative media and global media industries. He is the author of a monograph on Arab satellite entertainment television and public diplomacy and is also co-author of Arab Television Industries (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, with Marwan Kraidy).  His scholarly articles appeared in Transnational Broadcasting Studies, Arab Media and Culture, Television and New Media as well as several anthologies including Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media, International Handbook of Children Media and Culture, and Meanings of Audiences. He is currently working on his book manuscript on Youth‐Generated Media.