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

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 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 arisen as a result of social media increasingly being used as a form of crisis reporting. The 'Arab Spring' has been represented in the mainstream media as a 'social media revolution'; the hyperbole of headlines claims a seismic shift away from the traditional news correspondence and towards an era of citizen journalism and social media reporting Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Journalism during the Arab Spring: Interactions and Challenges....Pages 11-32 The Arab Spring on Twitter: Language Communities in #egypt and #libya....Pages 33-55 Al Jazeera English’s Networked Journalism during the 2011 Egyptian Uprising....Pages 56-78 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 Syrian Activists in Russia: The Limits of Visibility in a Hostile Host Country....Pages 81-104 Twitter-ised Revolution: Extending the Governance Empire....Pages 105-119 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 A Shift in Media Power: The Mediated Public Sphere during the ‘Arab Spring’....Pages 123-138 Back Matter....Pages 139-141