Influences of media on social movements: Problematizing hyperbolic inferences about impacts

Olorunnisola, Anthony A.; Martin, Brandie L.

doi:10.1016/j.tele.2012.02.005

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“…Observing the systems transformations to more democratic after 2000, especially previously mentioned colour revolutions, Arab Spring and protest in Ukraine, many scholars recognised both the importance and the ambiguity of new technologies and new media (e.g. Armbrust, 2007;Cottle, 2011;Etling, Roberts, Faris, 2014;Kyriakopoulou, 2011;Lynch, 2015;Lynch et al, 2016;Olorunnisola, Martin, 2013;Onuch, 2015;Robertson, 2013;Tsetsura, 2015).…”

Section: 'Old' and 'New' Media For Democratisationmentioning

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“…Scholars from media studies as and political science highlighted both positive and negative aspects of the spread of new media in recent years (Olorunnisola, Martin, 2013;Pearce, Kendzior, 2012;Robertson, 2015;Sandoval-Almazan, Ramon Gil-Garcia, 2014). In present scholarly debate, there are both reflections and case studies proving the 'liberation technology' potential (Diamond, 2012) of new media, highlighting the role of social media, in the proc-ŚSP 2 '17 esses of democratisation, and more sceptical attitudes, treating new technologies as 'net delusion' (Morozov, 2011).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Wsparcie nowych mediów na Ukrainie w ramach polskiego programu pomocy rozwojowej

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2017

10.14746/ssp

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After the relatively successful system transformation, some young democratic countries from Central and Eastern Europe which used to receive democratic aid in the 1980s and 90s have engaged as new donors in assisting pro-democratic changes in other post-communist countries. The donor-recipient relations between two post-communist countries can be observed on the example of the development of cooperation between Poland and Ukraine. This paper deals with Polish assistance to new media in Ukraine in from 2007-2017 as a part of supporting democracy in Ukraine under the Polish Cooperation Development Program. Firstly, this work examines whether the Polish government's support of Ukrainian media as part of cooperation development will be sustained regardless of changes in the Polish government. Secondly, the paper explores whether Polish NGOs tailor their projects, financed by the Polish MFA, to the recipients' respective needs and the current situation in Ukraine. By examining Polish media assistance, the authors aim to explain the efforts of the new donor in developing media in a partner country, emphasizing the relation between the involvement of external actors and the presence of independent media which play an important role in democratization processes.

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Section: 'Old' and 'New' Media For Democratisationmentioning

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Section: 'Old' and 'New' Media For Democratisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wsparcie nowych mediów na Ukrainie w ramach polskiego programu pomocy rozwojowej

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“…For example, disabled people have found social networking platforms to be liberating in the absence of physical and visual barriers experienced in other public venues (Guo, Briscout, and Huang 2005;Seymour and Lupton 2004). However, the idea that online engagement actually produces positive "offline" outcomes in terms of activism, civic engagement, or political engagement, in any age bracket, is still being debated in the academic literature (Bennett, Wells, and Freelon 2011;Christiansen 2011;Conroy, Feezell, and Guerrero 2012;Obar, Zube, and Lampe 2012;Olorunnisola and Martin 2013). There appears, however, to be a correlation between online political engagement and offline political engagement among adults, thus countering the assumption that online political activity replaces offline political activity.…”

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Social media and senior citizen advocacy: an inclusive tool to resist ageism?

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Tsang

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Politics, Groups, and Identities

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With population aging, interest groups demand that governments act to prevent a perceived financial crisis. Senior citizens remain frustrated in their efforts to influence the response of policy-makers. In an effort to strengthen their voice, one group of senior citizens, engaged in a participatory action research project, questioned how online social media could be used in their advocacy efforts. This query led to an examination of the literature with the primary objective of determining what is known about the use of social media by senior citizens for the purposes of social advocacy. The outcomes of the review revealed that very few studies specifically examined this question. Senior citizen online roles were depicted as consumers of health information or socializers with family and friends. Ageist assumptions informed the design of computer hardware, online formats and norms for social engagement. Senior citizens have concerns about the trustworthiness of social networking sites and while social media can exclude senior citizens from public debate, the authors conclude that the pressing issue is to focus on age-friendly design and supports. With these in place, social media can provide a venue for senior citizens to challenge ageism and influence public policy discourses.Keywords: social media; ageism; senior citizenship; advocacy; political activism IntroductionThe questions examined in this paper arose from discussions with a group of senior citizen activists involved in the participatory action research project (PAR), Exercising Senior Citizenship in an Ageist Society, under the facilitation of the first author and fourth author. This group of senior citizens (the term "senior citizen" used advisedly to convey seniors as participants in valued social roles who hold the rights and responsibilities of citizens) is actively involved in advocacy work focused on the provision of adequate supportive home services within the province of Ontario, Canada. In their efforts to be heard, the group is exploring the use of social media as a tool and venue to give voice to their message. Early on, one of the senior members and long-time activist (age 93) expressed frustration with the increasing use of online technologies for communication and advocacy work, which she experiences as a form of social exclusion. She lamented that while younger people grew up with this technology, many older adults are left "in a void" © 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http:// creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. *Corresponding author. Email: b.trentham@utoronto.ca Politics, Groups, and Identities, 2015 Vol. 3, No. 3, 558-571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21565503.2015 and at a disadvantage when it comes t...

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“…As many mainstream media have posited, social network such as Twitter was a highly essential contributive aspect to the revolution [3]. Tunisian was the first to make use of social network to mobilize mass.…”

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“…Mainstream media coined the phenomenon of social network role assisting the freedom as Facebook or Twitter revolution, they perceive social networks is necessary to the freedom obtained, some others express that this is an extreme result for citizen journalism practice [3].…”

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Twitter, Mobile Device and Citizen Journalism

Intizar¹

2017

Proceedings of the Unhas International Conference on Social and Political Science (UICoSP 2017)

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Abstract-People have been engaged in citizen journalism for a long time, and in the era of internet and communication technology becomes rapidly advanced, the compression and convergence of ICT technology were all combined to support for citizen journalism practice. What is more is Twitter that affords mobility through access from mobile devices is becoming more suitable for citizen journalism compare to other social network platforms. Therefore, we are interested to unravel the phenomenon of Twitter access from mobile device. Is it true that Twitter and mobile device access amplifies citizen journalism engagement? This question was addressed with a quantitative study, and the results indicated that frequent access to Twitter through cell phone did not entirely explain citizen journalism engagement.

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Influences of media on social movements: Problematizing hyperbolic inferences about impacts

Cited by 46 publications

References 29 publications

Wsparcie nowych mediów na Ukrainie w ramach polskiego programu pomocy rozwojowej

Wsparcie nowych mediów na Ukrainie w ramach polskiego programu pomocy rozwojowej

Social media and senior citizen advocacy: an inclusive tool to resist ageism?

Twitter, Mobile Device and Citizen Journalism

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