Social Media and the Politics of Reportage - The 'Arab Spring'

Social Media and the Politics of Reportage explores the journalistic challenges, issues and opportunities that have risen as a result of social media increasingly being used as a form of crisis reporting within the field of global journalism, with a focus on the protests during the 'Arab Spring'.

Saba Bebawi, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Evgeniya Boklage, Free University of Berlin, Germany Diana Bossio, Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Tim Highfield, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Robert Imre, University of Newcastle, Australia Stephen Owen, University of Newcastle, Australia Mervi Pantti, University of Helsinki, Finland William Lafi Youmans, George Washington University, USA