Social Media and the Politics of Reportage [electronic resource] : The 'Arab Spring' /
Bebawi, S.editor.
Bossio, D.editor.
Social Media and the Politics of Reportage explores the journalistic challenges, issues and opportunities that have risen as a result of social media increasingly being used as a form of crisis reporting within the field of global journalism, with a focus on the protests during the 'Arab Spring'.
Description based upon print version of record.
Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Mainstream and Alternative Modes of Journalistic Practice; Plan of the Book; References; Part I Interactions and Challenges; 1 Journalism during the Arab Spring: Interactions and Challenges; The Context for Discussion of the Arab Spring Protests; Interaction between Journalists and Activists during the Arab Spring; Social Media Revolutions?; The Interaction between Journalists and Activists during the Arab Spring: What Have We Learnt?; References
2 The Arab Spring on Twitter: Language Communities in #egypt and #libyaMethodology; Analysis; Conclusion; Note; References; 3 Al Jazeera English's Networked Journalism during the 2011 Egyptian Uprising; Networked Journalism; Al Jazeera English and Networked Journalism; Hypotheses; Methods; Limitations; Findings; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part II Political Effects; 4 Syrian Activists in Russia: The Limits of Visibility in a Hostile Host Country; Diaspora Activism as Personalised Civic Action; Publicising the Protest: The Syrian Diaspora as a Key Activist Cluster
Media Activism in the Syrian Diaspora in RussiaPractices and Networks; Online and Offline Mobilisation of Support; High-risk Activism in Russia; Conclusion; Note; References; 5 Twitter-ised Revolution: Extending the Governance Empire; The Revolution Will (Not) Be Tweeted: Protests and Political Mobilisation in Iran; Protests and Cyber-utopianism in the Ukraine: The Orange Revolution; Ukrainian and Iranian Protests and the Problematisation of Online Networks; Conclusion; Note; References; Part III Predicting the Future
6 A Shift in Media Power: The Mediated Public Sphere during the 'Arab Spring'Centres of Power and the Public Sphere; Institutional Journalists Using Social Media; Social Media Using Institutional Media Reports; Social Media as Independent Media; A Power Shift?; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Social Media and the Politics of Reportage explores the journalistic challenges, issues and opportunities that have risen as a result of social media increasingly being used as a form of crisis reporting within the field of global journalism, with a focus on the protests during the 'Arab Spring'.
Social media.
Communication.
Ethnology-Middle East .
Political science.
Internet marketing.
Social sciences.
Social Media.
Media Studies.
Middle Eastern Culture.
Political Science.
Online Marketing/Social Media.
Social Sciences, general.