Social Media and the Politics of Reportage: The 'Arab Spring'
Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xii, 141 pp.
Contains figures, index
ISBN 978-1-137-36140-0 (ebook); 978-1-349-47230-7 (pbk)
"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'." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Saba Bebawi: and Diana Bossio, 1
PART I: INTERACTIONS AND CHALLENGES
1 Journalism during the Arab Spring: Interactions and Challenges / Diana Bossio, 11
2 The Arab Spring on Twitter: Language Communities in #egypt and #libya / Axel Bruns and Tim Highfield, 33
3 Al Jazeera English's Networked Journalism during the 2011 Egyptian Uprising / William Lafi Youmans, 56
PART II: POLITICAL EFFECTS, 79
4 Syrian Activists in Russia: The Limits of Visibility in a Hostile Host Country / Mervi Pantti and Evgeniya Boklage, 81
5 Twitter-ised Revolution: Extending the Governance Empire / Robert Imre and Stephen Owen, 105
PART III: PREDICTING THE FUTURE, 121
6 A Shift in Media Power: The Mediated Public Sphere during the 'Arab Spring' / Saba Bebawi, 123
PART I: INTERACTIONS AND CHALLENGES
1 Journalism during the Arab Spring: Interactions and Challenges / Diana Bossio, 11
2 The Arab Spring on Twitter: Language Communities in #egypt and #libya / Axel Bruns and Tim Highfield, 33
3 Al Jazeera English's Networked Journalism during the 2011 Egyptian Uprising / William Lafi Youmans, 56
PART II: POLITICAL EFFECTS, 79
4 Syrian Activists in Russia: The Limits of Visibility in a Hostile Host Country / Mervi Pantti and Evgeniya Boklage, 81
5 Twitter-ised Revolution: Extending the Governance Empire / Robert Imre and Stephen Owen, 105
PART III: PREDICTING THE FUTURE, 121
6 A Shift in Media Power: The Mediated Public Sphere during the 'Arab Spring' / Saba Bebawi, 123
