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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'.

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Author:   S. Bebawi ,  D. Bossio
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.011kg
ISBN:  

9781137361394

ISBN 10:   1137361395
Pages:   153
Publication Date:   23 September 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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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Social Media and the Politics of Reportage explores the role of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs, within the field of global journalism with a focus on the recent protests during the 'Arab Spring'. The book is timely as it deals with the transforming media landscape during crisis reporting as a result of the rise of social media news coverage and usage. Specifically, this book focuses on the journalistic challenges, issues and opportunities that have risen as a result of social media increasingly being used as a form of crisis reporting.

Author Information

Saba Bebawi, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Evgeniya Boklage, Free University of Berlin, Germany Diana Bossio, Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Tim Highfield, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Robert Imre, University of Newcastle, Australia Stephen Owen, University of Newcastle, Australia Mervi Pantti, University of Helsinki, Finland William Lafi Youmans, George Washington University, USA

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