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Social Media Activism in Egyptian Television Drama: Encoding the Counter-Revolution Narrative
Middle East Critique ( IF 0.8 ) Pub Date : 2019-04-03 , DOI: 10.1080/19436149.2019.1599535
Gianluca P. Parolin 1
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Abstract Egyptian Ramadan TV series have explored the relationship between law and television in a number of iterations over the past few years. In 2017, the most watched production (115 million views on YouTube), Kalabsh, went one step further by examining the interaction between television broadcasting and social media in affecting the course of justice. Even though its events revolve around the framing and wrongful incrimination of a ‘good’ police officer, the dynamics suggest a not-so-subtle reference to the January 25, 2011 uprising. It portrayed social media actors as naïve agitators, outsmarted and used by those same dark networks of business and politics that they intend to expose and ultimately to unseat. This representation strengthens the counter-revolution’s narrative of the January 25 uprising as the making of some ‘Facebook kids’ [ʿiyāl bitūʿ il-face]. With Kalabsh, Egyptian TV series recalibrate the representation of the role of television broadcasting in affecting the course of justice and thus produce a new narrative that includes social media. This representation challenges as ‘optimistic’ the reading of the ‘democratic’ nature of social media by showing how its actors are even more prone to falling prey to mystifications and networks of corruption. The centrality of television broadcasting in affecting the course of justice clearly recedes in Kalabsh, but television broadcasting itself seems to regain some reputation.

中文翻译:

埃及电视剧中的社交媒体行动主义:对反革命叙事的编码

摘要埃及斋月电视连续剧在过去几年中多次探索了法律与电视之间的关系。2017年,最受欢迎的作品(YouTube上的观看次数为1.15亿次)Kalabsh通过检查电视广播与社交媒体之间在影响司法公正方面的互动而进一步发展。尽管其事件围绕“好”警官的构架和不当犯罪,但动态表明对2011年1月25日起义的提及并不那么微妙。它把社交媒体演员描绘成幼稚的煽动者,被那些他们打算暴露并最终使其陷入困境的黑暗的商业和政治网络所精打细算。这种表述加强了1月25日起义的反革命叙事,即一些“脸谱小子”的制作。借助Kalabsh,埃及电视连续剧重新调整了电视广播在影响司法过程中的作用,从而产生了包括社交媒体在内的新叙事。通过展现社交媒体的参与者如何更容易沦为神秘化和腐败网络的牺牲品,这种表示对社交媒体的“民主”本质的解读是“乐观”的挑战。电视广播在影响司法公正中的中心地位在卡拉布什显然已经消退,但是电视广播本身似乎已经重新获得声誉。埃及电视连续剧重新调整了电视广播在影响司法过程中的作用的表述,因此产生了包括社交媒体在内的新叙事。通过展现社交媒体的参与者如何更容易沦为神秘化和腐败网络的牺牲品,这种表示对社交媒体的“民主”本质的解读是“乐观”的挑战。电视广播在影响司法公正中的中心地位在卡拉布什显然已经消退,但是电视广播本身似乎已经重新获得声誉。埃及电视连续剧重新调整了电视广播在影响司法过程中的作用的表述,因此产生了包括社交媒体在内的新叙事。通过展现社交媒体的参与者如何更容易沦为神秘化和腐败网络的牺牲品,这种表示对社交媒体的“民主”本质的解读是“乐观”的挑战。电视广播在影响司法公正中的中心地位在卡拉布什显然已经消退,但电视广播本身似乎已重新获得声誉。通过展现社交媒体的参与者如何更容易沦为神秘化和腐败网络的牺牲品,这种表示对社交媒体的“民主”本质的解读是“乐观”的挑战。电视广播在影响司法公正中的中心地位在卡拉布什显然已经消退,但电视广播本身似乎已重新获得声誉。通过展现社交媒体的参与者如何更容易沦为神秘化和腐败网络的牺牲品,这种表示对社交媒体的“民主”本质的解读是“乐观”的挑战。电视广播在影响司法公正中的中心地位在卡拉布什显然已经消退,但是电视广播本身似乎已经重新获得声誉。
更新日期:2019-04-03
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