Al Jazeera English’s Networked Journalism during the 2011 Egyptian Uprising

Youmans, William Lafi

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“…Both the studies by Hänska‐Ahy and Shapour and by Tufekci found that during the Arab Spring, the relationship between newsrooms and citizen journalists changed, with the impact of UGC transforming the practices of many mainstream reporting procedures, developing more integration of UGC into their stories (2012). Youmans's (2014) content analysis of Al Jazeera coverage of the Arab Spring uprisings in Eygpt found that 40% of the sampled news videos had drawn on networked journalism (p. 68). He observed that “[d]isplaying Twitter and Facebook messages, as well as activists and others' videos, made the rolling coverage richer and brought in some diverse views” (Youmans, 2014, p. 74).…”

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“…Youmans's (2014) content analysis of Al Jazeera coverage of the Arab Spring uprisings in Eygpt found that 40% of the sampled news videos had drawn on networked journalism (p. 68). He observed that “[d]isplaying Twitter and Facebook messages, as well as activists and others' videos, made the rolling coverage richer and brought in some diverse views” (Youmans, 2014, p. 74).…”

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Social media as public journalism? Protest reporting in the digital era

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Rodgers

2020

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The media and civil protests in Africa: contextualising Nigerian press coverage of #EndSARS

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Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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Siyaset bilimi ve uluslararası ilişkiler alanındaki tartışmaların bir bölümü, bireylerin ve devlet dışı aktörlerin, kamu diplomasisini hangi yollarla ve ne kadar etkilediği noktasında yoğunlaşmaktadır. Bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerinde yaşanan büyük ve hızlı değişim ve sivil toplumun rolünün giderek artması sonucu, yeni kamu diplomasisi, devlet dışı aktörleri daha fazla içerir hale gelmiştir. Bununla birlikte, kamu diplomasisi alanındaki perspektifler arasındaki farklılıklar nedeniyle, devlet dışı aktörlerin alandaki yerlerinin tam olarak tanımlanması mümkün olamamıştır. Bu çalışma, literatürde söz konusu olan bu belirsizliğe dikkat çekerek, sosyal medyanın kullanımıyla yeni kamu diplomasisinde devlet dışı aktörlerin, özellikle bireylerin aktör rolü üstlenmelerini incelemektedir. Bu çerçevede literatür taraması ve nitel araştırma yöntemi uygulanmıştır. Makalenin ilk bölümünde yeni kamu diplomasisi anlayışında yaşanan değişim ve dönüşüm ile özellikle sosyal medyanın etkisi üzerinde durulmuştur. İkinci bölümde ise; yeni kamu diplomasisinde devlet dışı aktörlerin varlığı, zaman içerisinde değişen ve artan rollerinin önemine dikkat çekilmiştir. Sonuç olarak çalışma, farklı perspektiflerin ortak bir görüşte birleştirilmesi halinde, yeni kamu diplomasisinin hem daha anlaşılır hem de daha doğru işler duruma geleceğini, aksi takdirde -devlet dışı aktörlerin kamu diplomasisi içerisindeki konumu hususundaki belirsizliğin sürmesi durumunda- “yeni bir akademik alanın doğuşunun” mümkün olamayacağını iddia etmektedir.

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Al Jazeera English’s Networked Journalism during the 2011 Egyptian Uprising

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Social media as public journalism? Protest reporting in the digital era

Social media as public journalism? Protest reporting in the digital era

The media and civil protests in Africa: contextualising Nigerian press coverage of #EndSARS

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