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What Is Prison Radio? It refers to radio programs which allow prisoners to express themselves to the general public, both inside and outside of prison. According to Anderson (2012), there are two types of prisoners’ radio programs: Those focused on prison issues, Those that play requests and dedications. Platforms which broadcast such programs are usuallyContinue reading “Prison Radio as “Free Radio””

Voice of Algeria At the time of the French colonialism in Algeria, there was a radio channel under the name Radio-Alger, which was owned by the French. Algerians refused to tune in and wanted to produce something original. To fight against colonialism through the media, the Voice of Algeria emerged. It was something that wasContinue reading “Resisting Colonialism Through the Radio”

2. 4 Billion people, 2.4 Billion lives, multiply that number by thousands and you’ll get the amount of data Facebook has on you. We are being watched 24/7 and it’s not just Facebook. Writing this very blog I will leave behind me a digital footprint, and data about me is being collected, because surveillance lawsContinue reading “How do we protect ourselves from Facebook?”

Through this exercise, I have noticed that my iPhone has kept track of every location I’ve been to since I bought my device, which makes me feel really scared and unsafe. I was shocked to notice how Palestinian land is referred to by Apple as “Elsewhere“, as if it is not recognized. Other Locations inContinue reading “My Digital Shadow”

After carefully studying Majzoub’s 2015 documentary film, Fallen Television (تلفزيون وائع), the role of Political Economy of the media (PEM) in Lebanon has become clearer than we already suspected. Unfortunately, in recent years, media has not only been advertising commodities, but has also been commodified itself, which Fuchs (2016) refers to as capitalist communications. AccordingContinue reading “How PEM Shapes TV Programming in Lebanon”

Forms of Facebook Surveillance According to Vaidhyanathan (2018), Facebook utilizes three forms of surveillance: 1.Commercial surveillance Facebook uses personal information to match advertisements with user interest. 2.Peer Surveillance Facebook users can watch and track each other, and in some cases might lead to harassment and shaming. 3.State Surveillance “Governments use Facebook to spy on citizensContinue reading “Facebook & “Surveillance Towers” in Palestine”

What is the Surveillance-industrial Complex? According to Ball & Snider (2013), surveillance is a combination of ‘socio-technical means through which jurisdiction interacts with social relations of commodity production.’ The surveillance-industry complex emerged from military and corporate institutions, and has been has been shaped by their capitalist mechanisms (Ball & Snider 2013). In other words, governmentsContinue reading “Media Surveillance”

Arab Media Ownership After the political events in the region which took place in 2008 and 2011, the middle east experienced a “media explosion” (Khiabany, 2016). The explosion of Arab media into the scene was heralded as the clearest indication of forces of globalization, renewed faith in the role of media in social change, andContinue reading “Media in the Middle East & Militainment”

What Is Capitalism? A system which promotes industries for the primary aim of making profit, which eventually continues to feed into that system. “Capitalist Communications” There are two angles to study the media’s contribution to capitalism. First, let us not forget how capitalist ideologies spread in the first place. As Artz (2008) put it, ” thereContinue reading “Capitalism in Media & Communications”