rowth of FM radio consumption contrasted with the low adoption of Internet and new media technologies.

As the western world is increasingly involved in an opening Burma, new data from a Gallup/BBG national survey find the country's media use patterns still lingering in the past. While new media use has grown rapidly in the rest of Southeast Asia, in Burma only 4 percent of adults have ever used the Internet. At the same time, FM radio has seen a rapid rise, which the government has initiated. This includes a two-year old pop music station, which 40% of the country listens to regularly and many consider their top news source. The panel will explore these findings and other data points from the new research from Burma.

by 10:00 a.m. on September 12. This meeting will also be available for public observation via streamed webcast.

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hreat to journalists who report firsthand on the Syrian conflict, which by some estimates has killed more than 20,000 people and forced well over 1 million to flee their homes since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March 2011."