January 3rd, 2009
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On December 27 2008, Israel launched a series of air strikes, known as Operation Cast Lead, against targets in the Gaza Strip, killing more than 400 Palestinians and injuring more than 2200 over the week (Wikipedia/ NowPublic/ Mahalo/ Global Voices/CrisisWire).
The Israel-friendly Help Us Win blog (Facebook/ Twitter) says that “the war is not only on the ground - but also in the international media” and encourages Israel’s supporters to “tell Israel’s side of the story” and “ensure that the international coverage of the Campaign Against Hamas is balanced”.
In fact, the Israel propaganda machinery is in full flow to ensure that everyone gets to hear Israel’s side of the story. The Israel Defense Force has a blog and a YouTube channel, the Israel consulate in New York held a press conference on Twitter and summarized the discussion on their Israel Politik blog, and the Likud prime ministerial candidate Benjamin Netanyahu is active on both Twitter and YouTube.
CNN quotes Israel consul of media and public affairs Davi Saragna on the Twitter press conference –
January 3rd, 2009 |
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Internet, Mobile, Noteworthy, Social Media
| Tagged with 2008 Gaza Bombing, Al Jajeera, Gaza, Gaza Bombing, Global-Voices, IDF, Israel, Katrin Verclas, mahalo, MobileActive, NowPublic, Palestine, Propaganda 2.0, Twitter, Twitter Press Conference, Ushahidi, War 2.0, Wikipedia, YouTube |
November 29th, 2008
( The Mumbai terror attack has finally ended after more than 60 hours.
Even as I continue to track instances of citizen journalism in the Mumbai terror attack on this post, I’m trying to make sense of what happened in a work-in-progress case study and a Flickr set of screenshot on the role of social media in the Mumbai terror attack. I’m also compiling reactions on Indian news media’s coverage of the terror attack.
For more, see my interviews on the role of citizen journalism in the terror attack with Los Angeles Times, CBS News, BBC, DNA, LiveMint, Associated Press, Journalism.co.uk, Tehelka, NPR, CNN, CUNY TV and Star Telegram.
Finally, the role of the online community in India has not ended with the Mumbai terror attack. We need to come together to shape a moderate, nuanced online discussion on the 11/26 Mumbai terror attack to bring back calm and peace to Mumbai and ensure that we don’t repeat the mistakes others have made after such tragedies.
One such initiative is Voices Against Terror, an open group blog/ online petition that hopes to help build international consensus, including consensus in Pakistan, against terrorism and terrorist organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawah.)
November 29th, 2008 |
Posted in Blogging, Citizen Journalism, Noteworthy, Press, Social Media
| Tagged with BlogBharti, Bomb Blasts, Bombay, Citizen Journalism, Colaba, DesiPundit., GroundReport, mahalo, Mumbai, MumbaiHelp, NowPublic, Real Time, Shootouts, Terrorist Attacks, Twitter, Wikipedia |
