Social Media, Television Talk Shows, and Political Change in Egypt
Social Media, Television Talk Shows, and Political Change in Egypt
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社交媒体、电视脱口秀和埃及的政治变革
DOI：
10.1177/1527476412463446
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
N. Sakr
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作者：
N. Sakr
埃及2011年起义中至少有两个关键时刻发生在该国私人卫星电视频道的脱口秀节目中。在试图了解这些节目是如何演变的，在专制统治下，他们可以举办这样的时刻，这篇文章探讨了网络媒体对他们的演变的影响。考虑到研究在线离线媒体互动在民主和非民主的设置，研究跟踪埃及电视上的反对派谈话在连续三个时期的崛起背后的过程。它发现，这些问题既与跨国数字网络有关，也与国家政治和经济的特殊性有关。事实上，正是对主流媒体的限制推动了在线政治传播，这验证了Kraidy的超媒体空间理论，在该理论中，数字媒体的多点访问被认为有助于维持现状。然而，不平等的线下权力关系继续影响着这些接入点。
At least two pivotal moments in Egypt’s 2011 uprising took place on talk shows on the country’s private satellite television channels. In seeking to understand how these shows evolved, under authoritarian rule, to the point where they could host such moments, this article explores the impact of online media on their evolution. Taking account of studies into online–offline media interaction in democratic and nondemocratic settings, the research traces processes behind the rise of oppositional talk on Egyptian television during three consecutive periods. It finds that these had as much to do with particularities of national politics and economics as with transnational digital networks. Indeed, it was the restrictions on mainstream media that pushed political communication online, which validates Kraidy’s theory of hypermedia space, where multiple points of access to digital media are seen to facilitate contestation of the status quo. Yet, unequal offline power relations continue to shape these access points.