If we have that impression it has to do with media hype and general overexuberance around the time of the arab spring. Essays by arab women reporting from the arab world, a stirring, provocative and wellmade new anthology edited by the. Things weve made that you can look at and listen to. Women rewriting the rules of reporting in the arab world. Social media, the arab spring and a journalism revolution, carvin explains how he cultivated social media. Nprs oneman twitter news bureau on his process, the arab spring. Andy gives a good account of the timeline and the involvement of social media. Social media, the arab spring and a journalism revolution by andy carvin. Democratize social media before it destroys our society. Through all the circling years, gods faithfulness shines. What social media does do is widen the space for a democracy and i think china is a good example of that.
Oct 30, 20 npr s social media strategist, carvin used twitter during the arab spring to communicate with protesters in the middle east and verify eyewitness accounts from the front lines, most of the time. Just as social media didnt cause the arab spring or the occupy wall street movement, television didnt cause the civil rights movement. Bradley, author of after the arab spring, was one of the few journalists who sang out of tune to the chorus of arab spring enthusiasts, pointing out that the failure of the democratic transition in tunisia, the most progressive arab country, portended failure when it came to the possibility of success in other countries. The arab springs best photos an fp slideshow foreign policy. This collection documents the events in northern africa and the middle east starting in january 2011. The arab spring uprisings essay 3053 words bartleby. Essays by arab women reporting from the arab world, a stirring, provocative.
It was a good year for social media, as evidenced by the arab spring. The arab american national museum is taking a fresh look at the arab spring movement through street art, painting and photography. The book asks why the penetration rate for social media differs in different countries. Egyptian political satirist bassem youssef on media. One of the primary influences that have been highlighted in the analysis of the arab spring is the relative strength or weakness of a societys formal and informal institutions prior to the revolts. Feb 17, 2015 bots are algorithms acting in social media networks but they look like a real user.
Distant witness social media, the arab spring and a journalism revolution. Did nprs andy carvin overreach his twitter calling on. The arab spring uprisings are political protests against the governments of tunisia, egypt, libya, yemen, bahrain, syria, morocco, and jordan. Did twitter and facebook cause the tunisian revolution and the protests in egypt. Tahrir documents tahrir documents is an ongoing effort to archive and translate activist papers from the 2011 egyptian uprising and its aftermath. Apr 17, 2020 social media archive focusing on syria, yemen, egypt, bahrain, libya, and south sudan between 2011 and 2014. Egyptian political satirist bassem youssef on media and the arab spring bassem youssef is often compared to jon stewart as a political satirist. Content includes blogs, social media and news sites about egypt, yemen.
The history of the modern world could read as a history of ways of arguing, social media guru clay shirky says. Mar 05, 2020 the largescale uprising and subsequent overthrow of many of these regimes is now referred to as arab spring. Yemen, libya, and tunisia after the arab spring 9780300215632 by fraihat, ibrahim and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. A gripping, intimate story of how social media and the arab spring have caused a revolution in journalism. Social media, the arab spring and a journalism revolution. The challenge to obtain democracy in society had provoked many arab artists to emphasize a change to the political system. Not according to malcolm gladwell, since he and others have questioned the role of social media in social change in north africa. Jul 09, 2014 andy carvin is a senior strategist at npr, where he leads npr s social media strategy and is npr s primary voice on twitter and facebook. The term arab spring is an allusion to the revolutions of 1848, which are sometimes referred to as the springtime of nations, and the prague spring in 1968. Dec 17, 2012 andy carvin, a social media promoter, gained lots of attention for himself, and for twitters usefulness in fraught circumstances, during the successive convulsions of the arab spring. A special series from national public radio npr on the arab spring. By contrast, andy carvin, a socialmedia strategist at npr who has become known for this monitoring of twitter during the arab spring, does not attempt to check the accuracy of every tweet before.
Carvin, a social media strategist at npr in the us, emerged as a key broker of information on twitter during the arab spring. Carvin, a senior strategist at npr, distills the ineffable quality of the. Civil society leaders in arab countries emphasized the role of the internet, mobile phones, and social media in the protests. From npr, this rss feed provides information about the. Mar 19, 2017 egyptian political satirist bassem youssef on media and the arab spring bassem youssef is often compared to jon stewart as a political satirist. Lawrence pintak is an awardwinning journalist and scholar who has written about americas complex relationship with islam since 1980. This revolutionary wave mainly driven by social media like facebook and twitter. Change was imposed on us and people rejected that because they thought it was alien to the culture, he says in this talk from ted2011. Radio strategist he followed the uprising in real time through social media.
Social media, the arab spring and a journalism revolution, by andy carvin, npr s senior strategist for social media, recounts his innovative use of facebook, twitter, youtube, and other social networks in reporting the middle east upheavals in tunisia, egypt, syria, libya, and beyond. Accounting the arab spring through tweets makes you, the reader, feel as if youre. Social media is good for democracy all debates debate. He recently published a book about his work, distant witness. In the aftermath of the iraq war, it was used by various commentators and bloggers who anticipated a major arab movement towards democratization. Online arab spring responds to this question, considering five countries. Both pro and anti government protesters used social media to organize demonstrations, disseminate. The arab spring is a new term tossed in december 2010, and it covers all kinds of riots, demonstrations and civil wars recently going on in the arab world. In this lesson, students consider what causes a revolution by looking at revolutions through history and comparing them to 20102011 arab spring uprisings. While at npr, andy spent two years embedded within social media communities to cover the arab spring, for which he.
A year of revolution a year ago, a tunisian fruitseller set himself on fire after being humiliated by a police officer. During the arab spring, for example, we saw protesters battle their governments top. Dec 31, 2018 he died just days away from the eighth anniversary of the arab spring. Arab spring middle east and north africa by the global. In his new book, ghonim explains how social media helped transform his country.
Mar 22, 2012 khalid koser discusses the impact of the arab awakening on migration and displacement, and considers what lessons may be learned from the experience regarding international responses. When the arab spring began, tunisia had an established infrastructure and a lower level of petty corruption than did other states, such as libya. This guide lists online and print sources for what has become known as the arab spring, the popular revolutionary wave in the middle east and north africa that started in december 2010. Jul 29, 2019 that sentence hung in my mind while reading our women on the ground. The arab springbbc two social media in the arab world. A report by jeffrey ghannam to the center for international media assistance. China with social media is more democrat than china without social media. Andy carvin senior fellow atlantic council linkedin. He talks to npr s lulu garcianavarro about his new book, revolution for dummies. The role of social media in the arab uprisings pew research. Part memoir, part history, the book includes intimate stories of the revolutionaries who fought for freedom on the streets and across the internet stories that would have never been recorded. The arab spring and the middle east and north africa. Mar 02, 20 its also been a stunning revolution in the way breaking news is reported around the world and who controls the news.
While the uprising in tunisia led to some improvements in the country from a humanrights perspective, not all of the nations that witnessed such social and political. Networks formed online were crucial in organizing a core group of activists, specifically in egypt. Murrow college of communication at washington state university 20092016, was named a fellow of the society of professional journalists in 2017 for outstanding service to the profession of journalism around the. Did tv serve a function in the civil rights movement similar to the role of social media in the arab spring. Dec 25, 2011 the light from the arab spring rose from the ground up.
Live results and analysis follow npr s live coverage, including results and analysis, of the iowa caucuses, the first contest of the 2020 presidential election. Apr 01, 2014 carvin, a social media strategist at npr in the us, emerged as a key broker of information on twitter during the arab spring. The role of social media in the arab uprisings pew. Social media archive focusing on syria, yemen, egypt, bahrain, libya, and south sudan between 2011 and 2014. The phone that helped andy carvin report the arab spring. The phone that helped andy carvin report the arab spring is. Content includes blogs, social media and news sites about egypt, yemen, libya, sudan and other countries. Andy carvin, a social media promoter, gained lots of attention for himself, and for twitters usefulness in fraught circumstances, during the successive convulsions of the arab spring. Sep 04, 2011 npr s media strategist has become a leading player in the breaking news business. Guest host celeste headlee speaks with guest curator christiane. A library of congress web archive in partnership with the internet archive. Social media, the arab spring and a journalism revolution, carvin explains how he cultivated social media sources into a new form of journalism where civilians on the.
The buried bids fair to be recognized as one of the great books of our time. Manfreda, the protests began in tunisia when a vegetable vendor set himself on fire in protest of the actions of the government. You are quick to say it is disrespectful to call the arab spring a twitter or. Carvin became a oneman social media hub on the arab spring, but the.
In the spring of 2010 a series of protests and demonstrations commenced across the middle east and north africa, which become known as the arab spring. But in both cases, the new media helped spread the movements demands and arguments farther. A historic moment in the arab world the former head of al jazeera, wadah khanfar has a unique perspective on the arab spring. In fact, he livetweeted large parts of the arab spring, rousing a new wave of social media journalism. But i was moved by npr s series it was a good year for. That sentence hung in my mind while reading our women on the ground. Though the longterm social, political, and economic consequences have yet to be determined, the events that transpired were nonetheless significant. Good to see his homage to mo nabbous libya a very brave young man in dangerous timesno doubt there will be a sequel to distant witness as the arab spring was just a start and the situations in all the countries he mentions are still playing out on social media.
Atlantic council names andy carvin as senior fellow at digital. Looming over nearly ever turn of the arab spring was one everpresent question. The intense, ebullient energy of the arab spring is captured in this debut focusing on the role of social media in the uprisings that swept the middle east in 2011. Al arabiya al jazeera al jazeera english al qaeda american journalism american journalists american muslims arab arab journalism arab journalists arab media arab spring bbc beirut hostage crisis bloggers buddhism bush. Npr s social media strategist, carvin used twitter during the arab spring to communicate with protesters in the middle east and verify eyewitness accounts from the front lines, most of the time. With over eightythousand followers, you could say andy carvin likes tweeting. Some in the media lost their lives for the art of the. The trump administration has been remarkably onmessage on social media over the past week. The phone that helped andy carvin report the arab spring is now. The light from the arab spring rose from the ground up. Also published on the huffington post for more on social media and the arab spring, see the book distant witness, by andy carvin.
Soundbites, suicide bombs, and the road to donald trump. The event set off uprisings across north africa and the. In this book, npr social media chief andy carvin the man who tweets revolutions offers a unique firstperson recap of the arab spring. The series of protests and demonstrations across the middle east and north africa has become known as the arab spring, and. Egypt, libya, jordan, yemen, and tunisia, along with additional examples. In his new book, distant witness, carvin writes of the two years he spent. Social media the people formerly known as the audience. Nov 28, 2012 social media indeed played a part in the arab uprisings. Khalid koser discusses the impact of the arab awakening on migration and displacement, and considers what lessons may be learned from the experience regarding international responses. Did nprs andy carvin overreach his twitter calling on newtown. Nprs social media strategist, carvin used twitter during the arab spring to. New book examines role of television in civil rights movement. In his new book, ghonim explains how social media helped transform his. Npr s media strategist has become a leading player in the breaking news business.
The arab spring protests inspired an artistic revolution. Outline objectives definition of humanitarian assistance historyorigin of humanitarian assistance assads rise to power economic and political status of syria under assad origin of massive uprising cause and effect of uprising actionsresponse of the international. Andy carvin is a senior strategist at npr, where he leads npr s social media strategy and is npr s primary voice on twitter and facebook. The legacy of hosni mubarak and the arab spring michele dunne, middle east program director at the carnegie endowment for international peace, speaks with npr s mary louise kelly about the late. He died just days away from the eighth anniversary of the arab spring. Social media indeed played a part in the arab uprisings. The largescale uprising and subsequent overthrow of many of these regimes is now referred to as arab spring. Arab spring bashar al assad syria scribd read books. Bots are algorithms acting in social media networks but they look like a real user. Jan 31, 20 distant witness npr coverage of distant witness. May 16, 2012 the history of the modern world could read as a history of ways of arguing, social media guru clay shirky says. Bots can deceive the public perception and skew the truth. Its also been a stunning revolution in the way breaking news is reported around the world and who controls the news.
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