Social Media and the Politics of Reportage

1. Introduction
Saba Bebawi, Diana Bossio

Part I. Interactions and Challenges

2. Journalism during the Arab Spring: Interactions and Challenges
Diana Bossio

3. The Arab Spring on Twitter: Language Communities in #egypt and #libya
Axel Bruns, Tim Highfield

4. Al Jazeera English’s Networked Journalism during the 2011 Egyptian Uprising
William Lafi Youmans

Part II. Political Effects

5. Syrian Activists in Russia: The Limits of Visibility in a Hostile Host Country
Mervi Pantti, Evgeniya Boklage

6. Twitter-ised Revolution: Extending the Governance Empire
Robert Imre, Stephen Owen

Part III. Predicting the Future

7. A Shift in Media Power: The Mediated Public Sphere during the ‘Arab Spring’
Saba Bebawi

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Social Media, Media Studies, Middle Eastern Culture, Political Science, Online Marketing/Social Media, Social Sciences, general