Reaping and Sowing the News from an Arab Spring: the politicised interaction between traditional and alternative journalistic practitioners

Bossio, D; Bebawi, S

Reaping and Sowing the News from an Arab Spring: the politicised interaction between traditional and alternative journalistic practitioners

Bossio, D Bebawi, S

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Publisher:: University of Western Sydney
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Global Media Journal: Australian Edition, 2012, 6 (2), pp. 1 - 13
Issue Date:: 2012

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dc.contributor.author	Bossio, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bebawi, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4402-6013	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Global Media Journal: Australian Edition, 2012, 6 (2), pp. 1 - 13	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1835-2340	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	The ‘Arab Spring’ has been discussed in the mainstream media as a ‘social media revolution’; a seismic shift away from the traditional news correspondence towards an era of citizen journalism and social media reporting. This paper reports on a preliminary analysis of the ways in which mainstream and alternative modes of journalistic practice in particular, interacted during the initial months of protest in Egypt and Libya in 2011. Using both quantitative and qualitative forms of analysis of mainstream news reports as well as social media and blogging, the paper compares the ways in which the two modes of journalistic practice collaborated to disseminate news and information about the protests. The preliminary analysis indicates that productive interactions did occur and led to changes in traditional journalistic practice, though true collaboration was hindered by the organisational constraints posed by the reporting practices of each group.	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Western Sydney	en_US
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dc.title	Reaping and Sowing the News from an Arab Spring: the politicised interaction between traditional and alternative journalistic practitioners	en_US
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Abstract:

The ‘Arab Spring’ has been discussed in the mainstream media as a ‘social media revolution’; a seismic shift away from the traditional news correspondence towards an era of citizen journalism and social media reporting. This paper reports on a preliminary analysis of the ways in which mainstream and alternative modes of journalistic practice in particular, interacted during the initial months of protest in Egypt and Libya in 2011. Using both quantitative and qualitative forms of analysis of mainstream news reports as well as social media and blogging, the paper compares the ways in which the two modes of journalistic practice collaborated to disseminate news and information about the protests. The preliminary analysis indicates that productive interactions did occur and led to changes in traditional journalistic practice, though true collaboration was hindered by the organisational constraints posed by the reporting practices of each group.

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