miramatarrinPolitical Communication Blog — LAU — Spring 2018You had the chance to make change but you lost it!The long awaited day of elections, May 6, has finally come!May 9, 2018May 9, 2018
miramatarrinPolitical Communication Blog — LAU — Spring 2018The Medium is The MessageThe first-ever televised presidential debate was aired on the night of September 26, 1960. The debate held between John F. Kennedy and…Apr 23, 2018Apr 23, 2018
miramatarrinData and SocietyOpen Data and Democratic ValuesAs Kitchin (2014) clearly claims,Apr 11, 2018Apr 11, 2018
miramatarrinData and SocietyThe World Map shows countries in which quota for women representatives on candidate lists in…This is approximately only 3 out of 10 countries that enforce a law insuring women’s participation in national elections. Not to mention…Mar 19, 2018Mar 19, 2018
miramatarrinData and SocietyData Visualization CritiqueData visualization is “the science of visual representation of ‘data’,” (Friendly, 2009). It is aimed at communicating the meaning of the…Mar 9, 2018Mar 9, 2018
miramatarrinPolitical Communication Blog — LAU — Spring 2018Back to SchoolSaturday night, MTV aired its long-awaited program show “دق الجرس”, hosting its first guest the Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. The…Feb 27, 2018Feb 27, 2018
miramatarrinPolitical Communication Blog — LAU — Spring 2018Half the Society, Half the ParliamentAccording to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Lebanon ranks 183rd among 193 countries in participation of women in parliaments.Feb 13, 2018Feb 13, 2018
miramatarrinPolitical Communication Blog — LAU — Spring 2018Pulse of ChangeAhead of the 2018 General Election, Kataeb Chief Samy Gemayel launched his party’s electoral campaign, with a strong plan for real change.Feb 12, 2018Feb 12, 2018
miramatarrinPolitical Communication Blog — LAU — Spring 2018Your Time’s UpBe it art or science, political communication is, as define by McNair, “a purposeful communication about politics.” The definition itself…Jan 25, 20181Jan 25, 20181