Counting Nodes and Counting Noses: Understanding New Media in the Middle East

In order to understand the effects of the information revolution we need significantly more data along three lines of inquiry. The first is quantitative data, so we can understand who is using what medium, what they are watching and reading, and how much. The second is qualitative data, so we can understand how the new media affect peoples' lives. The last is comparative data, so we can learn from experiences elsewhere in the world and distinguish what is distinctive in the Middle East from what is true elsewhere.