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Revolutionary Manoeuvrings: Palestinian Activism between Cybercide, and Cyber Intifada

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Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World

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Since the second Intifada (2000–2005), it has become clear that the internet has influenced Palestinian political mediation and grassroots activism. It serves to spread textual, visual, and audio narratives beyond the confines of (self-) censorship, caused by certain commercial or political interests in the mainstream media that in themselves come to function as gatekeepers by determining what stories are publicized or properly contextualized. While having alternative news blogs is in itself important for activists, the political impact of digital media tools for “citizen journalists” is substantial when mainstream media refer to such alternative (online) sources. Such cooperation occurred during the Arab uprisings of 2011, when al-Jazeera channel, bloggers, and tweeps jointly choreographed the news into millions of living rooms as part of a media synchronization (Alexander and Aouragh 2011).

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Aouragh, M. (2016). Revolutionary Manoeuvrings: Palestinian Activism between Cybercide, and Cyber Intifada. In: Jayyusi, L., Roald, A.S. (eds) Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World. The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137539076_6

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