“Whoever controls the media controls the mind”. Jim Morrison stated that being able to control media gives one power over others. When one controls or produces any type of media that is delivered to the people, one can manipulate them and control the way they think in. Thus, one will have power over them. The government and the occupation are controlling most of the published news concerning Palestine by the media. Nonetheless, the new media helps to decrease the amount of control the occupation and the Palestinian government have over the news, as for in the recent years the world’s awareness of what is happening in Palestine had arose. Moreover, a new way of resistance has appeared; the resistance through new media. Although the Palestinian government is divided into two; Fateh and Hamas, and it is the power that controls the Palestinian society, Palestinian people started to become more aware of the political situation as they are able to produce media and criticize both powers’ ideologies.
The new media helped to increase the awareness of people. The government is usually the one in …show more content…
Instead of relying on the government to deliver their voice and problems they face to the rest of the world, people now can upload, share and post anything they want on social media and YouTube. In this way, their voice reaches the whole world, even though the government’s official media may not report anything about it. This has advantages and disadvantages too; the advantages are the ability to deliver one’s message and opinion of the world while the disadvantages are non-reliability as for anyone can share anything they want, in the way they want to. So, it becomes harder to recognize whether what they share is true or not. Nevertheless, there is the comment section, where people can comment and confirm or deny the story. Through the new media, people became part of the producers of
The new media helped to increase the awareness of people. The government is usually the one in …show more content…
Instead of relying on the government to deliver their voice and problems they face to the rest of the world, people now can upload, share and post anything they want on social media and YouTube. In this way, their voice reaches the whole world, even though the government’s official media may not report anything about it. This has advantages and disadvantages too; the advantages are the ability to deliver one’s message and opinion of the world while the disadvantages are non-reliability as for anyone can share anything they want, in the way they want to. So, it becomes harder to recognize whether what they share is true or not. Nevertheless, there is the comment section, where people can comment and confirm or deny the story. Through the new media, people became part of the producers of