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The Deferred ‘Democracy Dividend’ of Citizen Journalism and Social Media: Perils, Promises and Prospects from the Zimbabwean Experience

Zimbabwe’s historically repressive political environment. Since the early 2000s, technological determinists in Zimbabwe saw citizen journalism and social media as a ‘game-changer’ in propping up a democratic ... challenges, the prospects for meaningful political participation enabled by social media have remained elusive. The current study uses a contextual analytic lens informed by critical political economy of media

From the Streets to the Screen to Nowhere: Las Morras and the Fragility of Networked Digital Activism

harassment and its limits for facilitating social/political transformations. Las Morras drew international attention in 2016 when they released a series of YouTube videos of group members with hidden GoPro ... political, economic, gender-based, and other forms of oppression (Diamond and Plattner, 2014). This lofty estimation of digital technologies (particularly SNSs like Twitter and Facebook) precipitously fell

Twitter or Radio Revolutions? The Central Role of Açık Radyo in the Gezi Protests of 2013

to the 1999 Seattle WTO protests, while the political protests and uprisings at the beginning of the twenty-first century have mostly been supported by social media (Howard and Hussain, 2013). Is ... in which political movements such as Occupy, the Arab Spring and the Indignados have emerged is a mixed one, a mediascape where old and new, mainstream and underground media co-exist, interact and

A Political Economy of News Media in the People’s Republic of China

This article analyses the political economy of news media production in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) using Herman and Chomsky’s Propaganda Model. This method contains two aspects: (1) an ... the transitioning system of the PRC, and (2) a study of the utility of the Propaganda Model's dimensions for use in comparative media research. The article finds that the differing political systems of

The Return of the Popular

insecurity that has fostered resentment against political elites. The popular movements of 2011 Occupy Wall Street, out of many others for example Indignado signal a clear historical break with post-1968 ... Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Paolo has also acted as a journalist covering social movements, political affairs and an environmental issues, and as a new media

Media games and shifting of spaces for political communication in Zimbabwe

Elaborate media games have been played to restrain growing political opposition and to maintain ZANU PF supremacy in Zimbabwe. From the dark days of Rhodesia, regime control of public communication ... consolidation (Levisky and Way 2002) .2 It is argued that games3 and strong-arm tactics to control and regulate the linkage between these two arenas have determined the space available for political

The Use of the Internet by Islamic Social Movements in Collective Action: The Case of Justice and Charity

The article addresses the use of the internet by Islamic social movement organizations (SMOs), focusing on the case of Justice and Charity (JC), the biggest opposition political group in Morocco. It ... ?religious?component??(2006,?126).? As?far?as?Morocco?is?concerned,?and?since?its?independence?in?1956,?the?country?s? political?opposition?has?been?strongly?dominated?by?parties?and?groups?that?are?leftist

Women Candidates and Arab Media: Challenging Conservatism in Bahraini Politics

Islamist religious interpretations of the role of women and Arab cultural conventions regarding family life. Finally, the authors speculate briefly about the prospects of political communications by women ... ?as?ruler?and?spiritual? leader?in?Medina,?intertwining?religious?and?political?roles.?This?thought?has?been? incorporated?in?the?political?philosophy?of?justice?and?Islamic?government,?which? provides

Questioning the Nation: Ambivalent Narratives in Le Retour au désert by Bernard-Marie Koltès

must develop the traditional philosophy of French national understanding as defined by Jules Michelet, Maurice Barrès, and Ernst Renan, three thinkers credited with developing the specifically French ... Michelet is a key figure for this philosophy, and he argues that French history begins with the formalization of the French language. As he notes in his History of France, “The history of France begins with

The Intellectual Impasse of Cultural Studies of the Media in Latin America: How to Move Forward

close inspection of the linkages between cultural, political, and economic processes, and from the articulations between high and low culture. Consequently, the political underpinnings of the enterprise ... 
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OKUL MÜDÜRLERİNİN LİDERLİK STİLLERİNİ YORDAYAN BİR FAKTÖR: POLİTİK BECERİLER

' political becerileri ile liderlik stilleri arasındaki ilişkiyi veskilloskualnd leadership styles according to the müdürlerinin politik becerilerinin, liderlik stillpereirncieptions of teachers working in ... public schools yordayıp yordamadığını incelemeyi amaçlamaktadaınr.d whether school principals' political skills predict Araştırma, nicel araştırma yöntemine ve ilişkisel letaadrearmshaip styles. The

Sosyal Bilgiler Perspektifinden Küresel Okuryazarlık Becerisi

comprehending current political, social and economic issues in order to be an active and global citizen. Briefly, it is the knowledge and understanding of the world the individual lives in. Having global literacy ... , and global awareness. Furthermore, it could be described as knowing, reading about and comprehension of current political, social and economic issues as active and global citizens to fulfill citizenship

SOSYAL BİLGİLER DERSLERİNDE DEĞERLER EĞİTİMİNE İLİŞKİN ÖĞRETMEN GÖRÜŞLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ

aracılığıyla incelenmeEslie. mentary Education Online, 15(3), 974-988. lisansüstü düzeyind yaklaşımları of value Fisher, R. (2005). Philosophy for children: How philosophical enquiry can foster values education ... numara yazılarla değerler eğitimi . Print , M. ( 2009 ). Teaching about political and social values . L. J. Saha , & A. G. Dworkin . (Eds). International handbook of research on teachers and teaching

Turkish radio broadcasts in The Netherlands: Community Communication or Ethnic Market?

community are able to voice their opinions freely, and to discuss their own agenda and problems, and defend their interests. We also discuss the relationships between the socio-political and cultural ... ) where immigrant communities can be able to express themselves. In this context, the place and the efficiency of Turkish broadcasts in such a formulation are related to the socio-political and cultural

AKADEMİSYEN GÖRÜŞLERİ DOĞRULTUSUNDA SINIFLANDIRILAN MÜZİK EĞİTİMİ LİSANSÜSTÜ DERSLERİNE YÖNELİK BÜTÜNLEŞİK BİR YAPI MODELİ ÖRNEĞİ

credits); music and music education departments I – music and music education departments II which are based on philosophy, psychology and sociology headings. They include historical importance and modern ... approaches and theories, and a broad range of philosophy. Elective module (90 credits) critical studies, music and music education – choirmaster, leadership and communication -music technology in education

The Full Repertoire: News and Press Management vs. Media Watchdog

This article deals with a rare event of an overt government attempt to manage the news in response to the political crisis caused by the 2007 media coverage of the Portuguese Prime Minister’s ... contrasting roles and functioning of the press in democratic societies can coexist and that, despite not being the norm, occasionally the media rises to the challenge posed by governments and political actors

SOSYAL BİLGİLER TASLAK PROGRAMININ (2017) AKADEMİSYEN GÖRÜŞLERİNE GÖRE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

direction of certain factors such as national and international developments, the changing needs of the individuals and society integration of technology with education and the changing political orientations ... steps to prepare theoretically and apply in practice key elements of the educational philosophy. In this study, positive and negative sides of the draft curriculum were analyzed acoording to the views of

The War on Ideas: Alhurra and US International Broadcasting Law in the ‘War on Terror’

certain standards and guidelines that can explain why Alhurra’s credibility suffers and audience remains scant – it is more accountable to domestic political actors than it is to the audiences it is trying ... audiences it is trying to reach. The structure of political oversight established by American international broadcasting law resembles the top-down authoritarian model of media governance common to many Arab

The Game Generation and Its Leisure Capital: A Study in The Taiwan Social Context

generation is divided into macro and micro levels. In the macro context, political forces (education policy and internet infrastructure construction) and commercial forces (low-priced promotion) are two main ... . Leisure is a social activity that can reproduce societies through economic, cultural, political and social regulative mechanisms. Rojek (2005, p. 82) contended: The pursuit of leisure function is always a

The Politics of Talk on German Free Radio Stations

Free Radio station, it is pointed out that these shows incorporate both forms of talk that encourage political participation and thereby successfully empower people to take part in political discourse ... stations, I will point out that these differences are not only differences of labelling but – more importantly – differences of political practice. Using a case study of a German free radio station I will