In the Middle East, there is a direct correlation between media ownership and politics. In fact, the leading media firms are backed by political movements and parties (Khiabany, 2016). The feeling of the cultural collectiveness in the Arab world allows the sense of correlation between political parties and media ownership, as they are the ones dominating the news published to the people.
An example of media ownership and political parties would be the Lebanese Channel “OTV” owned by a political party in Lebanon. Their portrayal of the news is completely subjective to them. They do not fairly share the news, rather they in a way that fits their own version of the news, while keeping their political party intact.
Militainment refers to entertainment that deals with military themes. For instance, Call of Duty video game franchise is about using military exercises and events in a video game format.
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of Militarism: Watching, Playing and Resisting the War Society. Democratic Communiqué,
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