Mobilisation by blogs14th edition of Amnesty youth national campus
6th September 2012
Evolution of webWeb 1.0• Learn about
something – Google
• Static information• Writing for
teacher & grade - an audience of one
Web 2.0• Learn about and
from people – Blogosphere
• Construction & sharing knowledge
• Publish to the world• Writhing for all with
feedback & dialog • Social networking
Web 3.0• Exploit the content
of social computing sites, store information
• Machines will do intelligent things – Augmented reality
• Internet of objects• Extending physical
world on the internet
Definition of a blog
Wikipedia: A blog (a portmanteau of the term web log) is a discussion or information site published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries posts typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first.
Transformation of journalism
“In the 20th Century making the news was almost entirely the province of journalists… The economics of publishing and broadcasting created large, arrogant institutions – call it Big Media…
Big media … treated the news as a lecture. We told you what the news was…. Tomorrow’s news reporting and production will be more of a conversation, or a seminar…” (2004: xiii)
Asian Tsunami 2004
London 7/7 2005
Mumbai 2008
US Airways #1549 2009
Arab spring December 2010 - present
Blogging
“blogging” takes into account the collaborative nature of journalism now: professionals and amateurs working together to get the real story, linking to each other across brands and old boundaries to share facts, questions, answers, ideas, perspectives. It recognizes the complex relationships that will make news. And it focuses on the process more than the product.
– Jeff Jarvis, Journalism professor, blogger & writer
Blogging
The idea that traditional journalism opens itself up to the public. It shares the production process from start to finish. It uses new technologies to include the citizen in every aspect of news-gathering, production and publication. It means using a lot of jargon like crowd-sourcing, social networking, wikis and Twittering. Many of these techniques build on existing journalism methods and are already out there. But it will also require a participatory revolution in the way we make the news. – Charlie Beckett, Director of Polis, at the London School of Economics; writer; former broadcast editor at BBC, ITN & C4
Blogging vs Journalism - Not regulated- No professional
responsability or obligation
- Focus more on quality- More open to discussion
and comments / interactions
- Training ground for journalism
- Regulated- Obligation to verify
sources- Mostly objective- Led by editorial line- Provide raw information- practicing a certain skill-
set with precision
“'blogging activism' would be one example of citizen journalism, but the two are not synonymous.”
Blogs types
• Personal• Corporate & organizational• By genre : political, health, travel,
fashion…• By media types : sketchblogs, photoblogs,
videoblogs…
BlogosphereThe collective community of all blogs interconnected and socially
networked
Blogroll
A list of other blogs that a blogger might recommend by providing links to them (usually in a sidebar list).
Blog search engines
Blogging and advertising
It is common for blogs to feature advertisements either to financially benefit the blogger or to promote the blogger's favorite causes.
MicrobloggingMicroblogging is a broadcast medium in the form of blogging. A microblog differs from a traditional blog in that its content is typically smaller in both actual and aggregate file size. Microblogs "allow users to exchange small elements of content such as short sentences, individual images, or video links".
The arab spring
Revolutionary wave of protests throughout the MENA region, beginning on 18th Dec 2010 following self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi
Bloggers mobilisation in Morocco
Social media & Blogging
Before therevolution
1. Gaming
2. Social Media
3. Movie Download
4. IM services
5. Search
Post therevolution
1. Use proxies
2. Search
3. News
4. Live streaming
5. News fan pages on FB
6. Twitter