Author Archives: Xiaoyue Zhang

Media plays a significant role in this very technological time where everyone is involved in media whether by creating it, delivering it, and/or receiving it. On all cases, one should have accumulated an adequate amount of principles that guide him/her in the process of dealing with media to avoid misinformation and false input. Media literacyContinue reading “Final Blogpost”

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The documentary film Killing Gaza (2018) represents concepts from which Ristovska (2016) has discussed. First, the film applied witnessing by showing clips and videos of what is happening in Palestine, innocent Palestinian children being killed, bursted houses, and Israelis dancing and singing songs about killing children of Palestine. It also aims at bearing witness toContinue reading “Blogpost #23”

Sound Map: Neighbors talking: R, H, Close. Cars: R, T, M. Horn: R, T, Close. Footsteps: R, H, M. Birds: C, N, Far. Wind: U, N, Close. Kids shouting: R, H, Far. Rooster crowing: R, N, Far. Motorcycle: R, T, M. Water: R, H, Close. Sounds that cannot be heard through the recording: Wind. NewContinue reading “Class Exercise 4 – Sound”

There are tons of fake and misleading news we see everyday especially on social media. One example of these is a recent photo that was shared saying that there is a way to know if the person has the new disease COVID-19 or not. The picture states that some Japanese doctors suggested that the personContinue reading “Blogpost #21”

Padgett (2017) mentioned how the Zapatista’s turned words into weapons and delivered their voices in 1994 in order to achieve their own autonomy and freedom where they used online and offline media strategies and tactics to overcome the oppression of the Mexican government which they did. Furthermore, Tawil-Souri and Aouragh (2014) discussed the structural constraintsContinue reading “Blogpost #18”

Daraj media describes itself inits website as an independent media platform that is not influenced by political parties and is created by professional journalists. It states that it has bias toward individuals who believe in the freedom of speech and beliefs on issues related to opinions and gender which could be linked to what FordeContinue reading “Alternative Media”

Forde (2011) presented the definition of what he called “alternative media” as media that is held by unprofessional or professional journalists which do not relate to mainstream media. The alternative media’s main target is to engage the community and the public into whether the creation of or the interaction with such media platforms where everybodyContinue reading “Blogpost #17”