The #Blockout2024 movement

By Bernard Rizk

Media Relations Officer, uOttawa

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The #Blockout2024 movement
Social media users are joining a "blockout" movement to protest against the lack of reaction from celebrities in response to the crisis in Gaza. What does this movement entail?

Members of the media may directly contact:

Boulou Ebanda de B'beri (English & French)


Full professor, Communication,  Faculty of Arts

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Professor Ebanda de B'beri's research focuses on intercultural communication, medias' representation of ethnic minorities, cultural identity, racism, racialization, and cultural history.
 

"Freedom, liberty, censorship, the weight of history. The West is haunted and caught up in its imperial/colonial past. The term decolonial is barely accepted in France; in the United States, land of the rule of law and claimant of the best democracy in the world, we just pay lip service to saying no in public and continue to deliver murderous weapons in private. The same goes for Canada. We can't talk about the innocent women, men and children who have died under 75 years of colonization without going back to October 7, 2023. We've forgotten the history of humanity... until the next episode."

 

Isaac Nahon-Serfaty ( English & French)

Associate Professor, Communication, Faculty of Arts

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Professor Nahon-Serfaty has significant expertise in the fields of communication and international public relations. His main research focus is on the impact of shocking images in public communication, particularly in the areas of public health, political communication, and environmental activism.