New Media

Audio/Video

Coffee, Tea and Interactive TV

© 2004, NITLE

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Running time is 2 minutes and 23 seconds

This video, shot by a tourist, makes a dramatic point about the new media revolution and its relations to tradition. Madaba is an ancient city famous for its mosaics dating back to the sixth century, but the site is believed to have been inhabited for more than 4,500 years. This café situated just across the street from St George’s Church, is a traditional café popular with locals and tourists alike in which one can enjoy Arabic coffee or tea while also participating in the New Media revolution, watching music videos from a satellite broadcast on a flat screen plasma television. The broadcast, however, is interactive. With and SMS text enabled phone one can request the latest pop songs by an English Boy Band or by the most recent pop , and dedicate them to friends or loved ones in any number of languages using either an Arabic or Latinate script.