Out of Control: Palestinian News Satire and Government Power in the Age of Social Media

Sienkiewicz, Matt

doi:10.1080/15405702.2012.638575

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“…As media becomes increasingly on-demand, scholars have to find new ways to understand satire’s transgressive force, in terms of temporality. Bakhtin’s carnival was temporary, but as Sienkiewicz (2012) reminds us, digital media allows for a constantly ongoing carnival – which per definition then should lose its transgressive force. But the analysis shows that not even those regularly engaged with satire seem interested only in satire.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As the transgressive force of news satire depends on audience detection, factors such as the genre’s degree of establishment, political and journalistic cultures, as well as subjective constructions all matter. A growing body of research shows how the broader genre of political comedy is impacted by local contexts, however few focus on news satire audiences specifically (Bruun, 2012; Chen, 2013; Eko, 2015; El Marzouki, 2015; Kuipers, 2011; Rahimi, 2015; Ridanpää, 2012; Sienkiewicz, 2012; Tsakona and Popa, 2011).…”

Section: Theoretical Trajectories and Previous Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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News satire engagement as a transgressive space for genre work

Doona

2020

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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News satire plays with the political in ways that transgress journalistic as well as social and moral boundaries. But the ways in which audiences in different contexts engage with news satire are under-researched, despite the implications of the genre’s role for contemporary citizenship. This article asks how Swedish young adult audiences construct and negotiate news satire’s inherent transgressions, spanning across the ‘serious’ and ‘silly’. Based on interview and focus group data, the analysis shows how sustained news satire engagement entails genre work that aids the development of ‘transgression skills’. This process is stimulating, constructed as part of a complex and emotionally authentic mode of political communication, within a context where journalistic certainty has dominated. By achieving transgression skills, audiences are symbolically put on the same level as political elites and develop abilities to shift perspectives; thereby experiencing a deeper engagement with, and understanding of, political issues and performance.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretical Trajectories and Previous Researchmentioning

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News satire engagement as a transgressive space for genre work

Doona

2020

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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“…Additionally, the PA's initial support for a popular satirical TV show, Watan Ala Watar, diminished upon the PA becoming fearful of a civilian uprising. The show was banned from the network in 2011, based on a ruling dating back to before occupation which stated the government could take legal action for 'slander against the authority' (Sienkiewicz 2012). A government's effort to control the media within their country can be seen as an attempt to manipulate its citizens and control their livelihood and political aspirations (Cavatorta & Elgie 2010).…”

Section: Abbas Era Expressive Selfmentioning

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Palestinian children: a transformation of national identity in the Abbas era

Habashi¹

2019

Fennia

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The constant rendering of Palestinian national identity provides crucial insight not only to the current Palestinian community’s political status, but also to past and the future experiences. National identity echoes the intersectionality of history and local politics. For the last few decades, Palestinian national identity has been evolving with continuous alteration that encompasses local political discourse in the Palestinian community. Whereas it once embraced unity among different political ideologies, a shift occurred with Hamas election victory in 2006, which resulted in the division of the Palestinian community, whereby the Palestinian Authority, under Abbas leadership is ruling the West Bank, and Hamas is governing the Gaza Strip. This political tension has served to render national identity. Palestinian children echoed such politics in the construction of their national identity through their interpretation of personal experiences that are intertwined with current political events. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to show how Palestinian children articulated national identity in a post-Arafat/Abbas era, recognizing that national identity is not static.

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“…Although most of these discussions focus on on-screen personnel as opposed to decisionmakers, there is no question that such changes have advanced the place of women in the Palestinian mediasphere. At the same time, since 2007, the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation has made significant, if inconsistent, moves in the direction of liberalization (Sienkiewicz, 2012). These shifts help explain why Hanania was eventually able to transition to the government's satellite station with relative ease.…”

Section: Conclusion: For Worse and For Bettermentioning

confidence: 99%

Here to help? Western intervention and gender in the Palestinian public sphere

Sienkiewicz

2012

International Journal of Cultural Studies

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This article analyzes the impact of western funding projects on the place of women in the mediated Palestinian public sphere. Drawing upon archival evidence, it shows that -in an effort to avoid overt discussion of Israeli occupation -joint projects between foreign funders and outlets such as the Ma'an Network focused on issues of gender 'conflict'. The article argues that these projects simultaneously played the disturbing role of reaffirming western resistance to the expression of Palestinian experience under occupation while nonetheless playing the laudable role of creating new opportunities for female media figures.

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Out of Control: Palestinian News Satire and Government Power in the Age of Social Media

Cited by 16 publications

References 11 publications

News satire engagement as a transgressive space for genre work

News satire engagement as a transgressive space for genre work

Palestinian children: a transformation of national identity in the Abbas era

Here to help? Western intervention and gender in the Palestinian public sphere

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