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Crowd-sourced Lebanese e-channel. Goes live for 48 hours only on 07.07.2012. Articles, documentaries, photos, podcasts. All content by Lebanese youth.
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The challenge:
Media in Lebanon is highly politicised. Most political parties have their own television and radio channel, newspaper, and sometimes even a website, and social media platforms. There is a general consensus that political parties use their founded and funded media channels to broadcast propaganda that exaggerates the differences between social groups, rather than encouraging communities to concentrate on their similarities and the opportunities for collaboration. There are little to no neutral, positive media channels in Lebanon, and those that do exist constitute a handful of self-initiated blogs or underground home-made publications.
The idea:
A crowd-sourced social media channel consisting of a blog with links to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. The channel invites youth to contribute their own audio/visual/textual non-sectarian non-political content to the channel. The channel also provides training in peace journalism to active contributors. Initial ideas for content includes documenting the various environments where a dish of hommos exists in Lebanon, or approaching youth from various regions and asking them to wear a sherwel and have a go at Dabkeh (thus focusing on simple and humourous common elements).
The aim:
A voice for youth to interpret events, culture and news around them they way they see them, and a positive distraction from the existing biased media channels.
48 hours of Imagination!
The weekend of the 7th and 8th of July 2012 marks the pilot of five Imagination Studio ideas: غرام، صحبة، مشوار، خبرية، دردشة. The pilot platform is an Imagination Bus, which transports the five ideas to two regions in Lebanon: Jbeil and Zahleh. When the bus arrives to its destination, Imaginers set up a pop-up Imagination Market. Each idea has a booth within the market, and invites youth to experience what is it is like to participate in the idea there and then. We are very interested in the feedback that youth give us, and in evaluating the impact that our ideas have on integration behaviours in the areas we’re visiting. This helps us improve and iterate the ideas on a small scale early on, before time and money is invested in implementing them on a large scale and longer term.
This is the Media & Influence idea we will be testing at the booth:
خبرية: A crowd-sourced e-channel goes live for 48 hours only. At the booth, youth are invited to generate video/photo/written/visual content instantly. They are provided with tools and human resources such as cameras, reporters, performers, journalists, to support them in covering their stories. Content is uploaded instantly on the blog and shared via social media platforms. Visit the e-channel and submit your own content here.
Stay posted to find out more about how you can volunteer to help with preparations or resources for Imagination Bus and Market!
Hello all and especially M&I Team Just had few thoughts and re-thoughts in my head thought of sharing with you. First of all regarding to the 2nd workshop we had, we were 4: Vanessa Aisha David and I. Ideas were summarized by Aisha. There was a peace journalists workshop held by Vanessa and I participated in the (power of image session) were Aisha was attending as well to document everything P.S. David , remember saying that we had to do a politician on another background color etc etc … and we said we will do it together since we are related to arts and visuals well in the same day i can back home and i said: Hell no that’s not gonna work we cannot do it since the Lebanese history ”mlatakh bel dam” and that’s what i said to Joanna on our third workshop meeting… We can do plenty of things while not touching political sensitivities. I suggested other random examples, ex: (a white color and a slogan or someone saying = khalaytoule shi lon elbso ?) ) Anyway let me know what do you think of that? third workshop we were again 4: Gwen Dima Aisha and I (again we had to talk generally about our last workshop to summarize everything and I found out that Gwen and Dima had so many amazing ideas welet yaret they were with us kena tlo3na b 2afkar arwa3) but it wasn’t too late Dima & Gwen refreshed us and added their ideas on board and it became a great combination since Vanessa was in London (we said then we will let Vanessa handle the contacts related to news papers and TV stations or other media) Aisha was such an amazing person accepting the Aie serve attending that might help us with the $4000 funding! souk el khayel. Another wall was the high tech cameras or web content social media and everything related to technology. David as for the cameras and photography (can you do it)??? Assaad for the high technology (since Assad is in our team in our 2nd workshop he said he’s offering his help in technology ….) Assad can you still do it in our souk el khayel? Excuse me if i am talking ….but we said MAYBE you can do that since you were absent in our third workshop so we started gathering all our resources as much as we can with what we have. P.S.S I’ve attached the M&I names photo We are : Gwen abou Jaoude, Dima Boulad, Vanessa Bassil, Aisha Habli, Youssef Chaker, Mohamad Chamas, David Habchy, Joanna Jurdi, Joseph Maalouf, Dalal Mawad,Vanessa Mghames Mohieddine Saadeh, Asaad Thebian, Bruna Kesserwani and I ( Raymonda Adib) basically we are a very big team but only 6 who are attending. I believe from now on each one of us will work seriously and everyone of us (who attended) are working hard to document and to spread the news and to elaborate ideas and it WOULD BE AMAZING IF WE CAN ALL OF US HELP EACH OTHERS (ALL THE TEAM) EACH ONE OF US WITH HIS/HER OWN FIELD AND WORK. P.S.S.S: I have came out with an idea regarding souk el khayel. It is an installation where people can come inside and we ask them random questions and they have to respond quickly. Only written questions digitally and they have to say the answer out loud so we can record it and video tape it (it’s an experiment but sill i don’t want people to feel that since its not our quest we’re not a laboratory after all :) Here Joanna said an amazing idea where we can maybe video tape them from behind without showing their faces or real names so they won’t feel embarrassed. We want them to act and talk naturally. I sketched the idea. Will post them soon and I am writing the questions (and i really want to test it on my friends) but i’m taking it slowly testing it with each others is much better i think! Dima said that there is an artist worked on this concept on a universal question.
What do you think guys? Please let me know if i talked to much :D Positive vibes…
Message from Raymonda
Hello It’s Raymonda :)
I know i’m a little bit late, but this blog is a healthier way to provide ideas than facebook itself. I think this is a media subject itself!!! We preferred something smooth such as facebook because we can comment fast or know each others better or probably share our business and projects. It’s a business card in its own right I agree but since I am here talking I must say that I’m reading everybody’s post and ideas, and you are all seriously well TALENTED AND HARD WORKERS AND amazing! We are a combination gathered in a Imagination Studio concept, giving and sharing simple ideas and initial thoughts for improving at least 1% in Lebanon.
So briefly: This is a country how can i say it ? Like one food sample with endless tastessss!!! We are talking to fix but I found out that this is all ”mer2in 3a lebnen”(la ehke bel derij). For Lebanon an action-reality is A MUST that’s why we need people on the ground that know every corner. I believe each one of us can provide something or at least ask someone… And my IDEA IS: Instead of fixing each error aside and since we all do know that visual MEDIA IS: THE FASTEST MESSAGE THAT STICKS IN OUR MEMORY why not leave each media channel loading itself and create our own?
IT CAN BE DONE! IT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK I KNOW!! We all do know why!!! But if we gather all our forces starting with what we have we can have a community that is born from Imagination Studio. People that are interested can just switch to our channel of thoughts and creativity. Seriously talking LEBANON IS HUNGRY FOR THIS looking around us… This is it a generation that should NOT BE copy paste genes from ….and from…. we can create. We already know WHAT WE WANT… B.T.W Dima & Zeina I’m reading your ideas you are seriously on the road I LOVE THIS… Joanna thank you for hearing us. What do you think guys?
P.S YOU ARE ALL AMAZING SO HAPPY FROM THE INSIDE THAT I KNOW YOU NOW :) !!!!!
Initial thoughts and Ideas
Hello Media and Influence team !
After yesterday’s workshop, i got some ideas i’d like to share !
- I think the final outcome of this team’s work is as important as the whole activities and projects surrounding it. So if we were to create an open user-generated news tool for people to contribute, it needs to be shaped by workshops to teach people about “peace journalism” per example, or a series of campaigns to make people more aware that the current news in the country are one sided and non objective.
- Maybe go into setting up some free journalism classes to youth from all over Lebanon?
- Video-journalism should have a big part too, it’s not very widespread in the area yet but highly beneficial.
- I don’t read any news in Lebanon, because I feel that none of the news speak to me. I don’t understand politics, and all the news are about politics. Any other interests have very little time or none in the news. I think we should address that as well, how to make social and cultural issues part of daily news as well.
Voila ! The only example I have from someone setting up a similar platform is the “Mashallah news” team guys http://mashallahnews.com/
They had written about us 2 years ago :) http://mashallahnews.com/?p=269 and I think are doing an interesting job !!
Dima
Mohamad Chamas, a member of the Media & Influence team posted this letter to Minister Sehanoui on his Lebanization blog. If we want to create alternative social media channels in Lebanon, the least we need is a good Internet infrastructure. Please share the link.
Media & Influence Team
Contact Media & Influence team: mediasinfluence@imaginationstudio.org
Raymonda Adib: I’m a new soul digging my way into the path of Arts. After studies in philosophy, psychology and literature, I’m now doing my last year at the Lebanese University of fine Arts, majoring in visual arts, and I’m on my way to my MA. I find life exprience is a whole package so I’m interested into: weird mythology,cancient languages and books, philosophy, knowledge, logic, fantasy, space, numbers, time traveling, modern architecture, video art, compositions, weird installations, music, traveling, being in touch with different backgrounds, watching too much manga, tattoo and piercing lover, third eye opening, and of course CONTRADICTION. I’m willing to give all my twisted random and organized ideas for Imagination Studio.
Vanessa Bassil: A Journalist and a Peace Activist. She earned her BA in Journalism in addition to another BA in Political and Administrative Sciences in the Lebanese University. She is currently pursuing her Master degree in Information and Communication Sciences. She’s passionate about media field as well as activism. She reports and writes for several newspapers and websites and has 4 years experience in the Lebanese Media. She strongly criticises the way Lebanese Media deals with news and works for a new form of delivering information. She’s committed to social change and has a special interest in the relation between media, politics, public issues and humanitarian causes. She particularly believes in building peace through media. Therefore she researches, practices, and advocates for her main cause: Peace Journalism. As she believes in acting locally and thinking globally, she’s willing to use her experience, knowledge and skills in both Media and Civil Society for the benefit of Imagination Studio, and therefore for the benefit of the society.
Gwen Bou Jaoudeh
Dima Boulad: A graphic design graduate from AUB; she continued her Masters in multimedia in I.E.S.A paris. After working for 3 years there in motion graphics, she moved back to Beirut. After working in post-production for one year, she is now freelancing from her office in Geitawi on various projects from design to motion graphics. Together with 3 friends, they started in 2010 a collective called Beirut Green project that demands and works on having more public green spaces in the city.
Mohamad Chamas
Joanna Choukeir: Communication designer who founded Imagination Studio because she believes that co-creation can improve our society. She is currently doing her PhD and lecturing at the University of the Arts, as well as working with Uscreates.
Aisha Habli: She’s always looking for something new to learn. She has a passion for writing that keeps her up at night and is interested in things so varied as ice cream, psychology, trees, and medical research. Much involved in activism, and her recent interests include women psychology, journalism, and the art of public speaking. A senior Biomedical Engineering student at HCU, planning on joining the BME Graduate program later this year. Currently based in Saida, she has been in Lebanon for 5 years now, and the dynamics of this country and its people never fails to amaze her. She also has a bad case of Twitter addiction.
David Habchy
Bruna Kesserwani: A wannabe polymath who has lived in the US, Georgia and Lebanon. She is interested in the intersection of various fields including politics, economics, psychology, culture and philosophy. She loves coffee and Nutella a lot.
Joseph Maalouf
Dalal Mawad: A multimedia journalist currently finishing her Master’s degree in journalism at Columbia university. She holds a BS in Economics and an MS in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics. She has previously worked as a researcher at the United Nations Development Program in Beirut. Dalal joined this team because she believes that media can empower individuals to bring about positive social change; and because social media has given citizens a new tool to voice their needs, issues and concerns. She also believes that amidst Lebanon’s polarized political environment, a more independent and objective press can bring people together.
Vanessa Mghames: I am all about adventure and new experiences, I feed on creativity and culture! I am currently pursuing a bachelor in Audio-Visual. I am only nineteen, but I’ve got enough energy and enthusiasm that can feed a country!
Mohieddine Saadeh: I am a computer engineer. I have around 10 years of experience in Web Development. I develop programs using ASP.Net 4.0 using MVC framework and PHP. I currently work as a project manager at Koein.
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