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Prison Radio , is an essential media outlet for prisoner , were they share their stories, emotions , music and discuss different topics. It focuses on engaging prisoner in the community , rather than isolate them. As prisons should not be disconnected from the outer world. As s Fanon’s concept of “active community” further explainsContinue reading “Prison radio as “free radio””

According to Forde (2011) Alternative media is different from the dominant types of media in terms of their content, production, or distribution. Alternative media tend to be non-commercial projects that advocate the interests of the minorities, not the government. Independent is any form of media that is free of influence of the government or corporateContinue reading “Independent & Alternative Media”

According to Fanon (1994) “Voice of Algeria” is a radio station that was created during the Algerian revolution , to broadcast news from the community and the Algerians instead of the french colonial powers. As most radio stations were controlled by the colonial power or the government, the news is mostly french and bias byContinue reading “Blog post #16”

As of this moment , there are currently 4,499,462,781 internet users, 67,029,861 photos uploaded to Instagram and 2,447,601,589 active users on Facebook. The numbers are big and shows how much people are active online . The amount of information they share per minute online shows that people love posting on these platforms. As for theContinue reading “How do we protect ourselves from Facebook?”

I was very surprised to know that my phone tracks my location specifically . the specific time , and the duration of the walk , duration of the stay. This scared me and made me turn off my location, i think this is too personal information being collected about me for no specific reason. AsContinue reading “My digital shadow”

Most of the Tv Channels are controlled and owned by a religious sect or a specific president. Each channel portrays a viewpoint of its owners. For example the LBC was owned by the Lebanese Front and Al-Hariri. this makes every Media source in the Lebanese TV Bias in its coverage of the news. making theContinue reading “How the political economy of media shape TV in Lebanon”

According to Vaidhyanathan,(2018, August )Facebook conducts the largest system of surveillance ,which cover three major forms, such as commercial surveillance, where they gather information about people from different source that generates information to identify what each person interest , more than shared online. Moreover, political influence is apparent as well to target specific people andContinue reading “Blog post #12”

According to Ball and Snider (2013) Surveillance-industrial complex goes back to tactics used by the military, with the reason to provide a safer state protected by “unwanted people” that cause threat. on the other hand , it created an outer image that is different than its inner workings. the industry gained control over peoples liveContinue reading “Blog post #11”

The Khiabany(2016) that point to point out the ties. the way the media is controlled by the private ownership and government, ruling elites. As Khiabany nted out facts and evidence about the major arabic channels and their fast expansion. For example, MTV news station which is owned by Al Mur family, as this family isContinue reading “BLOG POST #10”