The Emergence of Libyan Networked Publics: Social Media Use during and after the Libyan Uprising

Ehdeed, Skina M.; Bates, Jo; Cox, Andrew

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Title

The Emergence of Libyan Networked Publics: Social Media Use during and after the Libyan Uprising

Author(s)

• Ehdeed, Skina M.
• Bates, Jo
• Cox, Andrew

Issue Date

2018

Keyword(s)

• Social media
• Networked public sphere
• Information
• Emotions
• Libyan uprising

Abstract

It is often claimed that social media sites such as Facebook played a key role during the so-called ‘Arab Spring’. Yet there have been few attempts to track what happened during and after the Libyan uprising, and how social media are – and are not - contributing to the development of revolutionary and post-revolutionary public sphere in the Libyan context. In Libya, there was an explosive growth in social media use during the post-uprising period. This rapid growth could be seen to potentially form the basis for the emergence of a new democratic, networked public sphere. By engaging with different conceptualizations and various critiques of Habermas’[1] public sphere concept, this study aims to explore the nature of emergent Libyan digital publics, and their possible role in transforming the Libyan public sphere.

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iSchools

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iConference 2018 Proceedings

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text

Language

eng

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Copyright 2018 is held by Skina M. Ehdeed, Jo Bates, Andrew Cox. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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