One tweet does not a revolution make : technological determinism, media and social change
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25/11/2012
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This paper discusses the problematic influence of technological determinism in popular news media coverage and analysis of the Arab Spring events of 2010-11.<br /><br />The purpose is to develop insights into how and why elements of a ‘soft’ technological determinism inflect both journalistic practice and news discourse in relation to the Arab Spring. In particular it discusses how the ‘bias of convenience’ and a journalistic obsession with the ‘continuous present’ connect with this determinist inflection to create a potential distortion in the journalists’ ‘first rough draft’ of history in relation to significant and complex events such as social revolution. |
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eng |
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University of Western Sydney, School of Communication Arts |
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http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30052429/hirst-onetweet-2013.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30052429/hirst-onetweet-post-2013.pdf http://www.commarts.uws.edu.au/gmjau/v6_2012_2/martin_hirst_RA.html |
Palavras-Chave | #journalism #arab spring #social media |
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Journal Article |