العدد (609) - اصدار (8-2009)
e Arab World and the Signs of the Information Revolution
Sulaiman Al-Askary
The recent wave of elections in the Arab East and its neighbour Islamic Iran has directed the attention of observers and researchers to this political mobility and media activity in the countries where different kinds of elections were held: Municipal elections in Iraq; parliamentary in Kuwait and Lebanon; presidential in Iran. The most remarkable phenomena in these elections were the huge number of voters, the younger generation in the lead,and the use of advanced technology in election management, propaganda and monitoring.