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Patriarchy is something that we see everyday in our Arab society and sometimes without even noticing, in an indirect manner. Starting with the fact that males still get more privileges than women in the workplace, in their bodies, legal studies… Patriarchy is not just a word, it became a social construct. Women are housewives, homemakersContinue reading “Patriarchy in Arab Media”

In “The Whites Of Their Eyes” author Stuart Hall discusses ideologies, specifically racist ideologies and the role of media in producing and reproducing these ideologies. He begins by intricately explaining ideologies in a general sense and points out three main points not to be overlooked while studying ideologies.First, Ideologies are not merely made up ofContinue reading “White of their eyes”

The Yarmouk photograph was released by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees and illustrates an instance where over 18,000 refugees were waiting in line to get some food from UN workers. Kandutsch (2015) was struck by this published image and tried to understand the meaning behind it. He proposed that it might be capturedContinue reading “The Aesthetics of the Yarmouk Photo”

The latter headlines portray the recent Gaza bombing by two different sources; one from the Arab region and one from Israel. The bias in the word choice of the headlines and the headline itself is clear since in the 1st headline, there is an emphasis on the ‘no injuries’ aspect of the event while inContinue reading “In class project”

Moeller (1999) has believed that there are four habits used by news writers anchors when portraying a certain crisis. These habits include: “putting forward a formulaic chronology of events, employing a sensationalized and exaggerated use of language, referencing certain metaphors and imagery that resonate with Americans and emphasizing an American connection.” When it comes toContinue reading “The Four Habits Used in US Media Coverage”

Herman and Chomsky (1998) have believed that media outlets tend to transmit news that are in line with the values and beliefs of media entities and their partners. The authors have developed a model that sheds light on different factors that help integrate manipulated public information into the minds of people through propaganda. These factorsContinue reading “The Propaganda Model”