Author Archives: Xiaoyue Zhang

Anderson (2013) has defined prison radio as what works for the prisoners or what the prisoners engages with in which they cover issues related to prisoners or deliver demands and requests. For instance Anderson (2013) talked about an interview where a prisoner appreciated the time others spent working for the sake of him or otherContinue reading “Prison Radio”

According to Fanon (1994), the use of radio did not gain much attention from the populace before 1952 in which the controller of the Platform was the French colonization and what is broadcasted was a reflection of their voices rather than the views of the Algerians. However, after the emergence of “Voice of Algeria” asContinue reading “Blogpost #16”

This is the total number of Internet users in the world on March 11, 2020 at 12:19:38 pm. The huge number of users shows strong presence of individuals on online platforms where more than half of the number of people in the world are using internet. Activation on social media account is also very enormousContinue reading “Blogpost #15”

The photo of the location history shown 3 places I go to (Beirut, Saida, elsewhere). In Beirut, there is only one location which is the Lebanese American University which clearly indicates that I study in this university. The time is from Jan 20 to Mar 2 which states when did the semester start and whenContinue reading “Blogpost #14”

Fuchs (2016) introduces the term ownership as a political way to shape media. In Lebanon, several media corporates are owned by different parties and sects which leads eventually to the reflection of the party’s beliefs and bias into the programs being presented in the channel. For instance, Al Manar is owned by Hezbollah and theContinue reading “How the political economy of media shapes television programming in Lebanon.”

Vaidhyanathan (2018) discussed three main perils that Facebook surveillance cause to the populace. Political groups and governments would be able to have access to personal data of Facebook users and surveil those individuals. Commercialization can also track users interests to provide products that match with what they like. Facebook itself, also, can benefit through otherContinue reading “Blogpost #12”

According to Ball and Snider (2013), there are two parties, the state and the corporate, that have interest in creating and distributing methods of surveillance for their own profits. Through using the concept of fighting terror as a legalized excuse they monitor and surveil the innocents to achieve their benefits. Technology is playing a hugeContinue reading “Blogpost #11”

Media corporations in the Middle East are controlled by a few individuals. The controllers of Arab Media are either the ruling elite of rich Gulf countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, or people who have connections with and are biased to this ruling elite (Khiabany, 2016). Thus, it makes a huge sense that media platforms are linkedContinue reading “Blogpost #10”

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According to Fuchs (2016), Berger (2019), and Artz (2008): Capitalism is the process of producing and selling commodities for the reason of profit for and by a group of organizations who decides on the rules of this matter. Capitalist communication is the communication between the capitalist organizations and the public in which these organizations triesContinue reading “Blogpost #9”