QU research analyses influence of media on societies
22 Feb 2021 - 10:16
Dr. Kamal Hamidou, Head of the Department of Mass Communication, Qatar University
The Peninsula
Doha: The Department of Mass Communication of Qatar University (QU) recently published media research papers by the Department’s professors on the influence and importance of the media on societies worldwide.
Dr. Kamal Hamidou, Head of the Department of Mass Communication at QU, said the research topics are important, as they “respond to the demand for understanding the changes that the media have imposed on the social and cultural systems all over the world.”
Dr. Hamidou added, “With the emergence of societies of the modern era with its rebellious intellectual, social and cultural characteristics that made it distinct from the societies of the previous era. With urbanization and the concomitant predominance of reason and individualism, and the decay of traditional social relations, the world re