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Articles

Political Agency and Citizen Journalism: Twitter as a Tool of Evaluation

Pages 364-373 | Received 01 Apr 2013, Accepted 01 Mar 2014, Published online: 01 Dec 2014
 

Abstract

Technology and the globalization of communication have significantly altered the spatial–temporal scale at which information is disseminated, and tools like Twitter have made control over information more decentralized and democratic. Many have debated the precise relationship and networks of power and influence between the media and policy, but few have analyzed the role of citizen journalism and its implications for the social landscape. An analysis of tweets about United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in Haiti and Côte d’Ivoire revealed the usefulness of Twitter, as a medium for citizen journalism, in evaluating phenomena like peacekeeping missions.

科技与沟通的全球化,已显着地改变了信息传播的空间—时间尺度,而诸如推特之工具,已使得对信息的控制更加去中心化与民主。有关媒体与政策之间的确切关係,及其权力网络与影响,已有诸多辩论,但对公民新闻所扮演的角色,及其对社会地景的意涵为何,却鲜少受到分析。对于联合国在海地与象牙海岸推动和平的推文分析,显示做为公民新闻媒介的推特,在衡量诸如推动和平计画的事件上相当有用。

La tecnología y la globalización de las comunicaciones han alterado significativamente la escala espacio-temporal en la que se disemina la información, y herramientas por el estilo de Twitter han logrado que el control sobre la información sea más descentralizado y democrático. Muchos han debatido las precisas relaciones y redes de poder e influencia entre los medios y la política, pero pocos han analizado el papel del periodismo ciudadano y sus implicaciones para el paisaje social. Un análisis de los tuits acerca de las Operaciones para la Conservación de la Paz de las Naciones Unidas en Haití y Costa de Marfil pone de manifiesto la utilidad de Twitter como un medio de difusión del periodismo ciudadano para evaluar fenómenos como las misiones de paz.

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Cadey Korson

CADEY KORSON is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography at Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242. E-mail: [email protected]. Her research interests include critical geopolitics, social media and citizen journalism, peacekeeping, and political development in francophone regions.

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