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Humanitarian campaigns in social media: network architectures and Kony 2012 as a polymedia event

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Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars
An assessment of the optimism surrounding the opportunities that social media offer for humanitarian action, drawing on analysis of the phenomenally popular and controversial Kony 2012 campaign.
In early March 2012 the Kony 2012 viral video took the world by storm. Attracting over 70 million views in less than a week from its release it was equally criticized and admired as an example of the power of social media. In this talk Madianou assesses the optimism surrounding the opportunities that social media offer for humanitarian action. Drawing on the analysis of the phenomenally popular and controversial Kony 2012 campaign she observes that the architectures of social networking sites orientate action at a communitarian level which heightens their post-humanitarian style (Chouliaraki, 2012). However, an emerging new genre of reporting and commenting, which she has termed 'polymedia events' can potentially extend beyond the limitations of SNS communication by opening up the space for reflexivity and dialogical imagination.

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Episode Information

Series
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars
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Mirca Madianou
Keywords
development
ICT4D
humanitarian action
power
social media
media
internet
communication
Kony 2012
information society
policy
politics
technology
journalism
Department: Oxford Internet Institute
Date Added: 30/04/2013
Duration: 00:47:21

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