Social media go to war : rage, rebellion and revolution in the age of Twitter / edited by Ralph D. Berenger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berenger, Ralph D., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

YouTube (Electronic resource).

Facebook (Electronic resource).

Twitter.

Social media--Political aspects.

Social media.

Citizen journalism.

Twitter--Political aspects.

Facebook (Electronic resource)--Political aspects.

YouTube (Electronic resource)--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

xxi, 531 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Spokane, Wash. : Marquette Books, [2013]

Summary:

"Thirty-nine authors from around the world explore the phenomena of citizen journalism, collective action, 'smart mobs,' iconography, and even the revolutionary music of the Arab Spring in Social Media goes to War: rage, rebellion, and revolution in the age of Twitter. Twenty-eight chapters from senior and junior social media scholars cover war, insurrections, revolutions, and quests for social justice through case studies of Cuba, Georgia, Egypt, India, Iran, Jordan, Thailand, Tunisia, and the United States, where President Obama's social media usage is scrutinized by a former campaign insider. The U.S. Department of Defense's social media policies in time of conflict are reviewed, and social media usage in Wisconsin's budget battle of 2011 is analyzed."--Cover, p. [4].

Contents:

Foreword / Mohammad Ibrahim Ayish

Introduction: Social media go to war / Ralph D. Berenger

Part I. Power, politics and publics : ideologies, theories and policies underlying social media. Plane talk : Mack A. Velli and the ethics of direction / John C. Merrill

Standing up : models of collective action / Steven J. Dick

The role of contemporary media in political transitions : searching for a new paradigm / Katharine R. Allen

Al Jazeera, Bab Al Hara, and social media in the resurrection of Arab nationalism / Sohail Dahdal

The social military's about face : U.S. Defense Department's changing relationship with new media / Jennifer A. Berenger

Part II. Precursors of the Arab Spring : case studies of social media use around the world. Filling-in-the-blanks during national crises : the good and bad of social media in Georgia / Byron T. Scott and Ellada Gamrekilidze

Collectively we unite : a case study of social networking for a cause / Basma Botros and Melanie Mills

Barack Obama, the American uprising and politics 2.0 / Martin A. Parlett

Citizen journalism in Cuba : transnational advocacy via the voice of Generacìon Y / Katharine Reed Allen

The struggle for truth : the online fight for freedom before the 2011 Tunisian uprising / Catherine Cassara

Digitizing discontent : YouTube and Thailand's Red Shirt uprising / Melissa Wall and Treepon Kirdnak

Social media, students, and protests in the 'Wisconsin Spring' / Tim Macafee and J.J. De Simone

Traditional media, social media, and social change in India : the 'Free Binayak Sen' campaign / Margaret U. D'Silva, Siobhan E. Smith and Girish Nikam

Part III. The 'Persian Spring': Iran's presidential election protests. Emerging power of new media and post-election violence in Iran / Irfan Raja

Effective or overrated? The role of social media in Iranian mass demonstrations of June 2009 / Cora Werwitzke and Jürgen Wilke

Social media and cyber activism : YouTube and Iran's election protests / Emily A. Ehmer

The power of the picture : penetration of the real on YouTube / Bojana Romic

Citizen, 'micro-journalism' : how #IranElection was exploited in politics and newspaper stories / Rune Saugmann Andersen

Part IV. Social media and the 'Arab Spring'. Breaking the fear barrier : cell phones, Facebook and the Tunisian revolution / Catherine Cassara and Lara Lengel

Political activism in Egypt : youths break the spiral of silence / Radwa A. Mobarak

The icon of the Egyptian revolution : using social media to topple a Mideast regime / Sadaf Ali and Shahira Fahmy

Battleground Facebook : contestation mechanisms in Egypt's 2011 revolution / Hanan Badr

Revolution in Egypt and President Obama's response : American and Middle Eastern student views / William R. Davie ... [et al.]

Social v. state media : Egypt's fight for information after the uprising / Elizabeth Iskander and Mina Monir

'Voices of freedom' : music and revolution in North Africa / Lara Lengel and Catherine Cassara with Christy Mesaros-Winckles and Kaitlin Chafetz

The 'news blog' : social media and global news coverage of the 'Arab Spring' / Aziz Souai, Phil J. Auter and Dustin Domangue

Women and social media in the Egyptian revolution / Naila Hamdy and Lindsey Conlin

Jordan unrest : did royal tweets absorb some of the anger? / Hania A.M. Nashef

Social media go to war : summation and conclusions / Ralph D. Berenger.

Notes:

"Companion volume to Global media go to war and Cybermedia go to war"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780983347675

0983347670

9780983347682

0983347689

OCLC:

828932544