The Harlem Shake from an internet "meme" to a political form of protest in North Africa. The experience in Tunisia and Egypt, a challenge for old and new regimes.
The global Mediterranean sea where words, images and cultures move on radio and tv waves and, above all, through the web. In the same way a long time ago goods traveled from one shore to another one. Communication is a very powerful tool that can build stereotypes and destroy relationships, but that it is also able to build bridges and strengthen ties between different countries and different cultures. This section would tell this communicative ways and people that, in good or bad, make them possible. |Un Mediterraneo globale in cui parole, immagini, cultura viaggiano su onde radio, tv e – soprattutto – attraverso il web, così come un tempo viaggiavano le merci tra una sponda e l’altra. La comunicazione è oggi uno strumento potentissimo che può creare stereotipi e distruggere relazioni, ma che è anche in grado di costruire ponti e rafforzare legami tra paesi e culture diverse. Questa rubrica vuole raccontare questi percorsi comunicativi e le persone che, nel bene e nel male, li rendono possibili.
The Harlem Shake from an internet "meme" to a political form of protest in North Africa. The experience in Tunisia and Egypt, a challenge for old and new regimes.
An analysis of media in Tunisia after Shokri Belaid death. A focus on communication for social change, as a support for democracy in the Arab Countries.
The way to democracy in Egypt is long and Muslim Brotherhood is playing a central role in this phase. It is not a surprise that, after 90 years of movement's life, Muslim Brothers use in a very interesting and effective way the web and the social…
MedMedia is the new column of Giulia Aubry for FocusMéditerranée: the global Mediterranean sea where words, images and cultures move on radio and tv waves and, above all, through the web. . Today she is writing about Hip Hop, the world’s favorite youth culture.
FocusMéditerranée is an independent online magazine – blog format launched in 2011 by the Italian photo-journalist Silvia Dogliani as a place of dialogue between the two sides of the Mediterranean.