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Al-Saqaf, Walid, 1973-, et al.
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Tweeting in Precarious Times : Comparing Twitter Use During the 2013 General Election in Kenya and the 2012 Presidential Election in Egypt
2019
Ingår i: Media, Communication and the Struggle for Democratic Change. - Cham : Springer Publishing Company. - 9783030167479 - 9783030167486 ; , s. 133-157
Bokkapitel (refereegranskat) abstract
Despite the emergence of several studies on Twitter's network effect during election processes, very few took a comparative approach to examine the social media platform's use in emerging democracies with high levels of political parallelism. This study helps bridge this gap through a thorough Twitter network analysis regarding two different presidential elections: the 2012 presidential election in Egypt and the 2013 Kenyan presidential election. While the two case studies had intense activity levels, there were clear distinctions. In Egypt, the pan-Arab mainstream media helped drive much of the interaction affirming their dominant traditional gatekeeper role. Kenya's case however showed greater levels of citizenry participation, stronger networks, and less reliance on mainstream media, which show signs of 'disintermediation'.
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Christensen, Christian
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A decade of WikiLeaks: So what?
2014
Ingår i: International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics. - : Intellect. - 1740-8296 .- 2040-0918. ; 10:3, s. 273-284
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
In this article, I consider how WikiLeaks has gone through a series of metamorphoses: from a small, relatively unknown website devoted to giving whistleblowers space to release their material to one of the best-known activist organizations in the world. In addition, it has gone from being an organization that began by operating as an alternative to the mainstream media, to one that worked with the mainstream, and then to a group that devoted a fair degree of energy to attacking the media. I argue that during this tumultuous period of change, WikiLeaks needs to be understood in relation to its impact upon a number of fundamental relationships central to the study of media and journalism. I use WikiLeaks to consider the importance of studying sites and organizations as cultural artefacts, and to examine the idea that 'everything which has been collected on it, becomes attached to it-like shells on a rock by the seashore forming a whole incrustation'. Academic research itself is, of course, part of this incrustation.
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Christensen, Christian
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Documentary Films After 9/11
2009
Ingår i: Studies in Documentary Film. - 1750-3280 .- 1750-3299. ; 3:3, s. 197-198
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)
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