This paper examines protest language from the late Arab Spring uprisings, more specifically in Tunisia, Egypt and Iraq – identified as the “Facebook Upheavals”. It explores the discursive aspects of these processes through which social protest and dissent are constructed and different forms of communication and expression are mobilized. It also examines how the various modes of representation and dissemination contribute to shaping and influencing social movements and resistance within the Arab political context, individually and collectively. On the collective level, the paper explores the discursive construction of collective identities, the formation of alliances, and the negotiation of power relations within and between different protest movements. This is done by reporting how discourses are used to challenge dominant narratives, contest oppressive structures, and then to shape the political landscape in the Arab region.

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阿拉伯抗议中符号学选择的美学价值

本文探讨了阿拉伯之春晚期起义中的抗议语言，更具体地说是在突尼斯、埃及和伊拉克——被称为“Facebook 剧变”。它探讨了这些过程的话语方面，通过这些过程构建了社会抗议和异议，并动员了不同形式的沟通和表达。它还探讨了各种代表和传播模式如何有助于塑造和影响阿拉伯政治背景下的社会运动和抵抗，无论是个人还是集体。在集体层面上，本文探讨了集体身份的话语建构、联盟的形成以及不同抗议运动内部和之间的权力关系谈判。这是通过报道如何利用话语来挑战主流叙事、对抗压迫性结构，然后塑造阿拉伯地区的政治格局来实现的。