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Barry Saunders - http://engagemedia.org @barrysaunders
Social media and social justice movements
Contextualization, history and activism
Barry Saunders - http://engagemedia.org @barrysaunders
It's about uncovering that which someone wants to keep hidden
Barry Saunders - http://engagemedia.org @barrysaunders
A good-faith attempt to make sense of the world
Barry Saunders - http://engagemedia.org @barrysaunders
journalism
• Trade journalism – press releases + commentary
• On the ground reporting• Social conversation – blogging, editorial• Data journalism• Documentary / contextual journalism
Barry Saunders - http://engagemedia.org @barrysaunders
Social media
• Outside West – focus is on war and disaster
• On the ground reporting from locals, less parachute journalism
• Outsiders – curatorial or gatewatching journalism, expert commentary
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‘Edge of the net’
• Low connectivity• Low penetration of smartphones• Low bandwidth
Barry Saunders - http://engagemedia.org @barrysaunders
Indonesia
• Poor internet• History of video activism via DV and VCD• Powerful history of independent journalism
and activism• Needs outreach to digitize and share this
material
Barry Saunders - http://engagemedia.org @barrysaunders
Outreach
• Burnstation and local LAN capture• Upload to outside servers• Low bandwidth social media and social
networking to provide context for current debate
• Archiving of important history• Contextualization of current struggles
Barry Saunders - http://engagemedia.org @barrysaunders
Temporality
• Temptation is to focus on the new, rapid – ignores history of technologies, struggles and ideas
• Social media and online publishing extends temporality beyond speed, allows annotation, discussion, multiple perspectives, contextualization
• Keeps history fresh and provides complementary coverage to mainstream coverage