Author Archives: Elias Haddad

By Elias and Dana References gamemusicisgood. (2008, March 8). Nintendo Wii – Mii Channel Theme . Retrieved from https://youtu.be/po-0n1BKW2w. donyaali1. (2010, April 20). Dana- Ana Dana . Retrieved from https://youtu.be/LjjFy5UJtYQ. Buzz Lebanon. (2012, October 1). Buzz – “Khalleh el jaww wel3an” sequel – pool barbecue . Retrieved from https://youtu.be/o2p-u3_pgb0. Rotana. (2012, October 7). Fares KaramContinue reading “DIGITAL SKILLS 2”

RSS feed: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:819964825/sounds.rss Uploaded file: https://soundcloud.com/elias-haddad-207317057/oppression

C: generator, talking R: birds , horn, cars, keyboard clicking, cigarette burning, hitting table U: cats, lighter clicking, garage door closing N: birds, cats H: talking, horn, keyboard clicking, lighter clicking, cigarette burning, cars, hitting table, garage door closing T: generator M: horn, cars Close: keyboard clicking, cigarette burning, sister hitting table, lighter clicking Far:Continue reading “Class Exercise – Sound Mapping”

From simple protests to country-wide revolutions, media has proven time and time again to be an extremely useful tool in getting people’s voices across, especially considering how it is usually controlled by the government that sends its own oppressive messages to the world. This could not be truer in the case of the Zapatista movement,Continue reading “The digital resistance”

Prison radio exists as an internal function, however, the most prominent role the radio plays is one involving the image it portrays of the prisoners to the outside world (Anderson, 2013). In order to truly understand how prison radio is expressed, one may need to delve into how “active community” and “free radio” interlink withContinue reading “Prison radio”

Fake news has always been a prominent part of media. We encounter it on a daily basis, may it be on WhatsApp, Facebook, local news outlets, and international news etc. The screenshot above is of an article written by “AsiaNews”, an article claiming the plausibility of COVID-19 having originated in China. Though the article neverContinue reading “Fake news”

It is common knowledge that media suffers from the problem of being controlled by the few elites or influenced by political parties and corporations through shareholders and sponsorships. A need for a counter-narrative grew increasingly intolerable, leading to the creation of what is commonly referred to as “alternative journalism”. An example of such alternative journalismContinue reading “Independent alternative journalism”

The Facebook monopoly is a lot more twisted than many might think. According to https://www.internetlivestats.com/, at the time of writing the blog post, there are roughly 2.4 billion active users on Facebook and almost 60 million pictures have been uploaded to Instagram. This exemplifies the horrendous surveillance power that Facebook has and the immense amountContinue reading “The Facebook monopoly”

Many platforms track us, mostly for advertising purposes, but the extent and risk differ from one company to another. Facebook allows for three types of major surveillance (Vaidhyanathan, 2018). The surveillance of data focuses on deciphering our interests, wants and needs, inclinations, etc. and sends such data to advertising companies that will be able toContinue reading “The effects of surveillance”