The yellow vests and the communicative constitution of a protest movement

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 362-382
Author(s):  
Jonathan Clifton ◽  
Patrice de la Broise
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Video Clip ◽  
Moral Authority ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Protest Movement ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Video Footage ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Communicative Constitution

Contemporary protest movements are skeptical of mainstream media outlets, and so to communicate, they make extensive use of social media such as YouTube, Instagram and Twitter. Most research to date has considered how protest movements, as preexistent entities, use such social media to communicate with stakeholders, but little, if any research, has considered how a protest movement is constituted in and through communication. Using the Montreal School’s ventriloquial approach to communication and using YouTube video footage of the gilets jaunes – a contemporary French protest movement – in action, the purpose of this article is to explicate how a protest movement that resists the state’s authority is constituted in and through a textual artifact (a video clip on YouTube). Findings indicate that the protest movement is not only discursively constructed through the commentary that accompanies the video, but it is also constituted by non-human actants such as space, buildings and clothing. The protest movement mobilizes networks of human and non-human actants that invoke a moral authority that resists legally authorized state-sponsored networks which are also made up of human and non-human actants.

scholarly journals UPAYA MENINGKATKAN PENGETAHUAN CYBERBULLYING DI KALANGAN REMAJA MILENIAL DI SMAN 1 PLERET

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shulbi Muthi Sabila Salayan Putri
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Use Of Social Media

Cyberbullying is bullying happens in cyberspace mainly on social media. A form of cyberbullying is ridicule, threats, insults, or hacking. The phenomenon of cyberbullying and fatal consequences emerging from this action was suicidal. But cyberbullying that occur in Indonesia is still a trivial thing. Social medial cause few cases of cyberbullying increasing because of its characteristic that possible to spread information easily and fast. Socialization proper use of social media needs to be done to improve public awareness about the dangers of misuse of social media. The purpose of this service activity is to understand and apply the ethics in the use of social media as the current mainstream media among millennial teenagers, especially in the use of social media. As well as understanding the content and objectives in the ITE Law 11 of Article 27 of 2008 (Information and Electronic Transaction Law) for examples of cybercrime cases in the virtual world, especially cyberbully cases.

scholarly journals Social Media in Russian Politics

Politologija ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-92
Author(s):  
Alexey Salikov
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Russian Politics ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
The Impact

This paper considers the issue of the influence of social media on politics in Russia. Having emerged in the late 1990s as a tool for informal communication, social media became an important part of Russian socio-political life by the end of 2010s. The past two decades is a sufficient period of time to draw some intermediate conclusions of the impact of social media on the political development of the country. To do this is the main goal of the paper. Its main body consists of three parts. The first chapter gives a general characterization of Russian social media, its significance in terms of influencing the formation of public opinion, public debate, and the socio-political agenda in the country. The second chapter examines the use of social media by the Russian opposition and protest movements. The third chapter analyses the use of social media by the Russian authorities.  

Do-it-Yourself Activism in Pakistan: The Fatal Celebrity of Qandeel Baloch

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zainab B. Alam
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Visual Culture ◽  
Public Space ◽  
South Asians ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Moral Authority ◽  
National Belonging ◽  
Honor Killing ◽  
Do It Yourself ◽  
Use Of Social Media

In July 2016, Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch was asphyxiated by her brother and gained posthumous celebrity in the West where her death was sensationally categorized as an honor-killing. Yet Qandeel was a celebrity in her own right among South Asians long before her death. Through skillful use of social media, she created new forms of public space and used them to challenge dominant social norms and political practices. I examine Qandeel’s “do-it-yourself activism”—her innovative use of the digital public sphere to position herself as a worthy representative of Pakistani nationality; to critique long-established norms governing gender, class, and sexuality; and to expand the boundaries of national belonging in Pakistan to include culturally rebellious women of limited economic means. By examining Qandeel’s audacious means of standing for Pakistan, her deployment of marriage proposals as a mode of subversive political activism within the political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice, PTI), and her use of visual culture (“selfies”) to challenge the moral authority of a powerful Islamic cleric, I theorize a form of political activism grounded in women’s agency that deploys celebrity to illuminate and politicize injustices.

Can Indian journalism survive the onslaught of social media?

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usha M Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
News Media ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Party Leaders ◽  
Online Networks ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Effective Use

In recent times, researchers have examined the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s use of social media to directly connect with his followers, while largely shunning the mainstream media. This strategy of direct communication with their constituents has been adopted by other political parties too, with opposition party leaders hosting ‘Facebook Live’ sessions and tweeting their messages. A large proportion of Indian voters, who increasingly own mobile phones, are enjoying being part of the ‘like’ and ‘share’ online networks. What does this effective use of social media by Indian political parties mean for the public discourse in India? This article presents the view that this phenomenon is more than Modi’s ‘selfie nationalism’ or his attempt to marginalize the news media. The article argues that there is a structural shift in the Indian public sphere, which might prove to be the greatest challenge to Indian journalism.

An Islamic Faith Perspective on Using Social Media / Mainstream Media to Prompt Organ Donation/ Transplantation Awareness

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahid Muhammad
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Long Term Conditions ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Neurological Illnesses ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Islamic Faith ◽  
Constructed Self

This article describes how with exception to individuals with severe learning difficulties and neurological illnesses, which of course are devastating in their own right, there has never existed a human being who has not been aware not only of his body but also of his individuality, both physically and spiritually. Human beings are consciously aware of their own lives and, it's through understanding that awareness of a consciously constructed self is identified. The use of social media (SM) today provides unparalleled opportunities for research data collection, wider access for communication and engagement. SM/ mainstream media (MM) such as television, newspapers, magazines, and radio stations are also being used to prompt research funding for specific Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), however these forms of ‘advertising' have not been explored from an Islamic stance to prompt organ donation/ transplantation awareness on using SM/ MM. This article examines Islamic teachings to examine the action of organ transplantation.

Tweeting from Gezi Park: Social Media and Repression Backfire

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meltem Odabaş ◽  
Heidi Reynolds-Stenson
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Confounding Factors ◽  
Mass Mobilization ◽  
State Repression ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Movement Mobilization

We examine how social media may facilitate protest mobilization in response to violent state repression. Prior research demonstrates that violent repression can either decrease protest participation through raising the costs of participation, or can generate outrage, resulting in “backfire” and an increase in mobilization. Many recent mass mobilizations have garnered attention from scholars and journalists alike due to the instances of repression backfiring as well as the widespread use of social media in these protest movements. We examine why these two trends may be related using logistic regression analysis on data on participants in the Gezi Park Protests in summer 2013. Controlling for confounding factors, we find a statistically significant relationship between being recruited to participate in the protests through social media and joining the mass mobilization as a reaction to police repression. We argue that in the case of Gezi Park, communication through social media was a key factor in facilitating social movement mobilization in response to repression.

Twitter and Blogs in Social Movements

2016 ◽  
pp. 28-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Oswaldo Camacho Vega
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
News Event ◽  
Media Event

The main propose of this study has been to analyze how Twitter and Blogs became important media to follow Ayotzinapa terror event. This study is based on a descriptive analysis of Twitter and blogs over the Internet, which has been the principal media to cover Ayotzinapa case. For this propose has been necessary a documental analysis of Ayotzinapa case and the use of social media analytic platforms. First, Socialmention was necessary to identify the main keywords related to Ayotzinapa word. Second, Topsy social media analytic platform allowed analysis of trends over Twitter. Last, Meltwater Icerocket analytic platform was used to determine blogging trends over Internet. Keywords analyzed were: Ayotzinapa, Iguala, and Guerrero. Results suggested blogging as an important media for spreading the news event Ayotzinapa. Meanwhile, Twitter has been an important media for turning Ayotzinapa terror incident in a media event where people have joined in activism and protest movements worldwide.

An Islamic Faith Perspective on Using Social Media / Mainstream Media to Prompt Organ Donation/ Transplantation Awareness

2021 ◽  
pp. 799-807
Author(s):  
Shahid Muhammad
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Long Term Conditions ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Neurological Illnesses ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Islamic Faith ◽  
Constructed Self

This article describes how with exception to individuals with severe learning difficulties and neurological illnesses, which of course are devastating in their own right, there has never existed a human being who has not been aware not only of his body but also of his individuality, both physically and spiritually. Human beings are consciously aware of their own lives and, it's through understanding that awareness of a consciously constructed self is identified. The use of social media (SM) today provides unparalleled opportunities for research data collection, wider access for communication and engagement. SM/ mainstream media (MM) such as television, newspapers, magazines, and radio stations are also being used to prompt research funding for specific Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), however these forms of ‘advertising' have not been explored from an Islamic stance to prompt organ donation/ transplantation awareness on using SM/ MM. This article examines Islamic teachings to examine the action of organ transplantation.

The effect of news consumption on fake news efficacy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Chan-Olmsted ◽  
Yufan Sunny Qin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
News Consumption ◽  
News Sources ◽  
News Source ◽  
Perceived Effects ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The increasing use of social media has led to the growing reliance of social media as a news source. The viral nature of social platforms inevitably elevates the viral impact of fake news. As both academia and practitioners touted media literacy as a means of combating fake news or misinformation, little is known about the nature of relevant efficacies. Existent literature points to the plausible contribution of media consumption, self-efficacy of fake news and perceived impact of fake news in this process. Therefore, this study explored the relationship between consumers’ news consumption, such as fake news experiences/perceptions, news sources and news consumption motives; and fake news perceptions like self-efficacy and impacts. This study conducted an online survey to examine the proposed hypotheses and research questions. The findings suggest that consumers’ previous experiences and consumption motives are connected with their perceived effects and efficacy of fake news. In addition, different news sources (i.e. mainstream media and social media) exert diverse effects on fake news self-efficacy.

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