Mohamed
#Jan25
Online video produced on January 25 (Egypt)
“spectacle of dissent”
What was being supplied What was being demanded!
from spectacle to spectacular...
{Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Al Jazeera, Wikileaks} Revolution
Protestors Internet and social media Mass Media Three networks
1 2 Attacked protestors Disconnected the internet and mobile services 3 Disrupted the media Regime responds
what about the content?
Conceptual Model for Contextualisation
Context has moved from within the unit to within the stream....
1 2 Micro-chunks of content Raw, unedited, unpackaged 3 Co-production 4 Instantaneity and Simultaneity Flow Journalism
From spectacle to spectacular: How physical space, social media and mainstream broadcast amplified the public sphere in Egypt's ‘Revolution’ Mohamed Nanabhay, Roxane Farmanfarmaian The Journal of North African StudiesVol. 16, Iss. 4, 2011 signalnoi.se :