POLI 227 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Marc Lynch, Observational Error, Arab Spring
8 Dec 2016
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Marc lynch, political science and the new arab public sphere, foreign policy, 13 june. New technologies, along with new kinds of debates, created a new arab public sphere. Internet and social media gave platform for scholars, activists, etc. to interact. Tv (media coverage) important as well ; el-jazeera, 5-way split screen showing simultaneous multiple protests as images of arab spring ; approaches news coverage through shared identity. Its talk show turned arab narrative to arab public sphere through argument. Social media, as well as unifying through forums, etc. polarized : different opinions. Stations like al-jazeera and al-arabiya changed their to fit the interests of their owners (qatar and saudi arabia) = distorting effects. No meaningful debate : if before, arguments showed diversity of views and unified public through shared concern, now promotes polarization : mutually hostile camps = no middle ground, no common identity. E(cid:454) : bahrai(cid:374)"s uprisi(cid:374)g (cid:272)rushes (cid:894)ig(cid:374)ored (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:373)edia(cid:895), pea(cid:272)eful protestors (cid:448)ie(cid:449)ed as radical.
