French colonial broadcasting in Algeria dropped Arabic content, serving only French speakers
Evidence
As we know, television was introduced into Algeria several years ago. Until recently, a simultaneous bilingual commentary accompanied the broadcasts. Some time ago, the Arabic commentary ceased. This fact once again confirms the aptness of the formula applied to Radio-Alger: “Frenchmen speaking to Frenchmen.” — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 345
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to Fanon’s broader argument about colonial media monopolizing who the audience is — similar to Communication as Culture discussions of how media define publics. — connects to: Before 1954 speaking Arabic was a daily act of national existence for Algerian militants; Fragmentary colonial-blocked news was reconstructed collectively by Algerian listeners. — Frantz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism, 300; French colonial education ignored African languages until the 1930s
Related
- Uncomprehended Arabic broadcasts still sustained Algerian hope through the word Istiqlal (similarity 0.80)
- Fragmentary colonial-blocked news was reconstructed collectively by Algerian listeners. (similarity 0.80)
- Colonial authority depends on the colonized hearing no other voice (similarity 0.79)
- Post-1954 Europeans recognized an information network in native society that excluded them (similarity 0.78)
- French language and emotional ties lingered in post-independence Algeria (similarity 0.78)