Opinion shaping in the context of the “Me Too” movement. An investigation of presuppositions triggered by additive focus adverbs in traditional and social media

Cesare, Anna-Maria De

doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2021.11.002

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“…In the development of global understanding of this phenomenon, two scenarios which shall be considered are noticeableone where despite the efforts put in, users will dictate the conditions, and the second, where governments/institutions play a leading role and control the situation completely. Firsta prominent example can serve the Black Lives Matter (BLM) [42] or #MeeToo movement [43,44], as the second -case of Golden Shield Project or so-called the Great Firewall of China [45,46]. The possible directions of usage of social media for creating the societal change are illustrated in the Graph 1 below.…”

Section: Social Media As a Double-edged Swordmentioning

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“…However, under the cover of national security (administration system, information system, traffic management system and many others) indeed strong censorship of free speech is disguised [51]. Still, this case is extraordinary as due to the government decision there are no services like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and many more [43,52] and they have been replaced with so-called super apps, having the capacity of merging and blurring the lines between reality and fiction! This solution, created to prevent misuse seems now to be applied as a monitoring tool and if needed be a tube for propaganda.…”

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Social media & uprisings: The case of the Egyptian revolution in 2011

Fakhry¹,

Tarabasz²,

Selaković³

2023

MATEC Web Conf.

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The present exploratory study adopts the case of the 2011 Egyptian Uprising, as it is particularly illustrative of the climacteric impact of technology on past social and societal conflicts. The latter will be achieved through a systematic review of literature which examines the different ways through which social media was used, as well as the impact it had on facilitating social change with regards to the Egyptian Revolution. The research problem aims to examine the different ways through which social media was used during the Egyptian Uprising, as well as the impact it had on facilitating social change. It caters to a discovery-oriented decision problem and focuses on revealing how social media influences social change while shedding light particularly on the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and the implications social media carried towards it. The conducted exploratory study adequately demonstrates that social media is found to have an undeniable influence on social change, especially as it has been adopted across various phases of the uprising, including its utilization for the initial formation of communities, as well as for promoting the collective movement. Findings of this study will be of great value to future academic studies, as it serves to depict social media as a mechanism of information dissemination in the Arab and/or non-Arab world, whilst correlating to the varied utilities of social media during times of crises and the impact it had on facilitating social change.

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