Social Media and the Politics of Reportage - The ''Arab Spring''

Informationen zum Autor Saba Bebawi, Swinburne University of Technology, AustraliaEvgeniya Boklage, Free University of Berlin, GermanyDiana Bossio, Swinburne University in Melbourne, AustraliaAxel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaTim Highfield, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaRobert Imre, University of Newcastle, AustraliaStephen Owen, University of Newcastle, AustraliaMervi Pantti, University of Helsinki, FinlandWilliam Lafi Youmans, George Washington University, USA Klappentext 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'. Zusammenfassung 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'. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction; Saba Bebawi and Diana Bossio PART I: INTERACTIONS AND CHALLENGES 1. Journalism during the Arab Spring: Interactions and Challenges; Diana Bossio 2. The Arab Spring on Twitter: Language Communities in #egypt and #libya; Axel Bruns and Tim Highfield 3. Al Jazeera English's Networked Journalism During the 2011 Egyptian Uprising; William Lafi Youmans PART II: POLITICAL EFFECTS 4. Syrian Activists in Russia: The limits of Visibility in a Hostile Host Country; Mervi Pantti and Evgeniya Boklage 5. Twitter-ized Revolution: Extending the Governance Empire; Robert Imre and Stephen Owen PART III: PREDICTING THE FUTURE 6. A Shift in Media Power: The Mediated Public Sphere During the 'Arab Spring'; Saba Bebawi Index

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• Authors: S. Bebawi, Saba Bebawi, Saba Bossio Bebawi, Diana Bossio
• Assisted by: Bebawi (Editor), S Bebawi (Editor), S. Bebawi (Editor), Saba Bebawi (Editor), Bossio (Editor), Bossio (Editor), D. Bossio (Editor), Diana Bossio (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2014
• EAN: 9781137361394
• ISBN: 978-1-137-36139-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 223 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; B, Social Media, Media Studies, Sociology, Society, Cultural Studies, Society & social sciences, online marketing, Political Science, Internet marketing, Communication, digital marketing, Social Sciences, Political science & theory, Social Sciences, general, Media and Communication, Sales & marketing, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Ethnology—Middle East, Middle Eastern Culture, Online Marketing/Social Media, Society and Social Sciences