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Dima Saber

A Vision of Students Today - YouTube - 5 views

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    I am working on a proposal to encourage faculty to train their instructors/professors on digital learning etc. kinda shifting the focus from teaching students, to teaching teachers... Working on modules right now & just remembered this video (posted in 2007) & thought you guys should like it!
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    Nice :)
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    This was made in 2007: Today the issue is a lot more important and still very few professors are aware of that!
Dima Saber

After Kony, could a viral video change the world? | World news | The Observer - 0 views

  • Viral dissemination has been a feature of the internet almost from the beginning, but the deliberate exploitation of it dates from Independence Day in the US in 1996, when Hotmail was launched by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith. It was the first "webmail" system (allowing people to send and receive email using an internet browser) and its makers had the brilliant idea of appending a footer to every message sent stating that it had been sent by Hotmail and inviting the recipient to "get a free Hotmail account" at www.hotmail.com.Viral dissemination received a really powerful boost with the launch of YouTube in 2005. Thereafter, people were able to post striking, amusing or daft videos online and the service made it easy to "share" anything that viewers liked. This is what led to the LOLcat explosion and the astonishing viewing totals for charming videos like Charlie Bit My Finger, which has been watched more than 12 million times since it first appeared in 2007.Viral dissemination was also responsible for making Bruno Ganz, the actor who played Adolf Hitler in Downfall, the 2004 film about the last days of Hitler, into the most famous German actor in the world – though in this case the makers of the film came to regard its online notoriety as a mixed blessing as parodies of one of its climactic scenes started to spread virally across the network.
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      An examination of the spread of the Kony video suggests that one weak tie in particular may have been critical in launching it to its present eminence. Her name is Oprah Winfrey and she tweeted: "Have watched the film. Had them on show last year" on 6 March, after which the graph of YouTube views of the video switches to the trajectory of a bat out of hell. Winfrey, it turns out, has 9.7 million followers on Twitter.
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    This article is pretty interesting in the sense that it gives some answers to most of the questions you all raised in the discussion topic on "Kony? What about America's war criminals" 
Jad Rahme

KONY 2012 (Truth or Deceit?) DO YOUR RESEARCH! - Hyperaptive - Underground Rap / Song -... - 0 views

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    I don't agree on everything but the main idea of the song is exactly my opinion: He is a bad guy but Invisible Children don't necessary tell all the truth
Dina Azar

Ridiculous Parody of Barack Obama's Presidential Term - 2 views

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    sponsored by the NRSC.
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    what's with the unicorn?!
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    exactlyy!! hahahaha
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtxqtBq0uVw&feature=relmfu zeina i would like to see your reaction to this video, PLEASE!!
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    hahahaha how do they not see that such cheap shots as unicorns and rainbows undermine their otherwise arguably valid arguments?
Dima Saber

WILL YOU SUPPORT EGYPT ? - YouTube - 4 views

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    This video was analyzed by Tala Hammoud in her first position paper. 
Dima Saber

This Man - YouTube - 4 views

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    This ad was analyzed by Karin Assaf in her first position paper 
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    hah good one!
Dima Saber

TEDxNYED - Mike Wesch - 03/06/10 - YouTube - 0 views

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    This is a talk by Mike Wesch (A vision of students today), speaks of mediated & non-mediated worlds, relation between tech & human connections but gets REALLY interesting around '8 >> speaking of today's classrooms, teachers, learners etc. Pretty inspiring (! as it just makes my day kinda inspiring...). 15 min total, hope you enjoy! 
Dima Saber

Dans la salle de bain de Marine Le Pen - YouTube - 0 views

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    Originally shared by Jad on Twitter. Interesting to read through the comments (in French, though) & more interesting it is a video by LICRA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_League_against_Racism_and_Anti-Semitism 
zeina ammar

Clips de Campagne des 10 candidats à l'élection du Président de la République... - 1 views

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    No English subtitles this time. Sorry.
Hussein Khalil

Guy Debord - Society of the Spectacle, 1973 pt. 1 - 1 views

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    This is a movie made and narrated by Guy Debord himself, based on his "Society of the Spectacle" - however the narration itself consists of his writings, as well as those of Marx and Hegel. It is a very critical take on Media and its effects in times of great change (ongoing industrialization and rise of consumerism). There are several parts to it, just wait till the end of the video to move on to Part 2.
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    Also, it brought this article to mind as a (pre-emptive) counter-argument: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/positively-media/201111/social-networks-what-maslow-misses-0 And got me to think of how critically Debord would view social media platforms' role in representation and spectacle (Facebook, Youtube, Blogger to a larger extent)
Dina Azar

Eggs & Yoghurt Attack: TV host pelted with food over neo-Nazi guest - YouTube - 3 views

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    this is crazy, yet slightly hilarious. 
zeina ammar

Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral - YouTube - 2 views

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    Tastemakers, Participation, Unexpectedness
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    Pretty interesting :)
Dima Saber

Judge Napolitano.How to get fired in under 5 mins - YouTube - 1 views

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    Interesting questions
zeina ammar

Lebanese Women Rights and the Nationality Law - YouTube - 3 views

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    Karin, this is to answer your question about what it would mean to change the law, PRACTICALLY speaking. This fight is not just a matter of principle. Britney, the video is subtitled ;)
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    zeina this video is incredible. i had no idea that you needed to have a certain amount of money in the bank in order to obtain a business visa...
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    Exactly 15,635 were for Muslim women (38.8% to Palestinians), 2,225 for Christians. And those are only the registered ones. So if a Christian were against granting women the lebanese citizenship for this reason and they were to read this, you'd be giving them a heart attack.:) And this is not just for political reasons. Because as Dima said in class, the percentage between Muslims and Christians will more or less remain the same. Or so it seems, (I haven't finished the full report yet) I posted the actualy UNDP report which was summarized in the video.
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    Correction: "I havent finished reading the full report yet", not that I actually wrote it :P And: actual*
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    I'm going to face a similar problem when I come to apply for jobs because I don't have the nationality although my mother does. Companies here prioritize Lebanese citizens. This is an awesome video Zeina :)
Karina Assaf

Mitt Romney and the Mormon factor - 3 views

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    For those who don't really know about Mormonism, here is a great video about it. I hope you all know that Romney is a Mormon, and it is believed that "his Mormonism could be 'the x-factor' that costs him the election in a tight race against Barack Obama for the White House in November." If you don't feel like watching a 25 minute video, the article under is more or less the same thing, but less entertaining.
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    Here's the link for the same video but posted on youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljYhySE7FJQ
Tarek Maamari

How Super PACs Work - YouTube - 1 views

shared by Tarek Maamari on 08 Mar 12 - No Cached
Jad Rahme and zeina ammar liked it
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    Stuff we used in the Super PAC's presentation back when diigo wasn't there, maybe they would still come handy
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    Clear and makes it simple :)
Tarek Maamari

KONY 2012 - YouTube - 5 views

shared by Tarek Maamari on 07 Mar 12 - No Cached
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    This may not be a political campaign, but Invisible Children has created an ingenious advocacy campaign. My Facebook newsfeed is dominated by KONY 2012 today. Take a look. Here's the actual website: http://s3.amazonaws.com/kony2012/kony-4.html
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    At 21:45, the video actually starts talking about how the campaign to find Joseph Kony will work. It's global, interactive, and inspiring.
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    Yes I watched it, it really is inspiring! I came to post it here, you beat me to it! :)
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    The use of media to "Make Kony Famous" Humanitarian campaign using mostly digital media.
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    yea i kno it has nthn to do with a political campaign but still it depicts the use of media
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    Definitely worth following #stopkony stream line tonight... Interesting tweets & RTs...
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    This is definitely a political communication campaign! You can do an interesting critical analysis and reach very interesting conclusions concerning political communication campaigns. I would be glad if we can briefly discuss this tomorrow in class. (I know 50 minutes are not enough to have discussions and go over theories so I hope we'll have time for both Kony and Obama discussions)
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