From Chiapas to Palestine: Historicizing Social Movement Media Before and Beyond the Arab Uprisings

Media and Communication

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Gretchen King¹ 

[1] Communication, Arts & Languages, Lebanese American University

关键词: Arab uprisings;    Chiapas;    media activism;    MENA;    Mexico;    revolution;    Palestine;    political economy of communication;    socialmovement media;   

DOI  :  10.17645/mac.v9i4.4455

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Cogitatio Press

【 摘 要 】

Critical scholarship investigating media and the Arab uprisings has called for “a return to history.” This article argues thatresearching the contemporary constraints and opportunities of social movement media in the Arab region requires histori‐cizing such practices. Reflecting on the role of media activism within the Arab uprisings necessitates broadening the histor‐ical context of social movement media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by investigating the diversity ofmedia tactics and alternative political economies mobilized to resist the military‐industrial communications complex. Thisarticle develops a political economy framework to historicize social movement media practices from Chiapas to Palestineand provides a critical reflection on the use of media for revolution before and beyond the Arab uprisings. Learning fromthe long and global history of revolutionary media struggle is beneficial to media activists and researchers working in theMENA region.

【 授权许可】

CC BY