Un regard alternatif sur les luttes sociales ?
The figure of the “citizen journalist” burst onto the global audiovisual scene in the wake of a series of revolts targeted by a media blackout (in Burma in 2007, in Iran in 2009 and in the Arab world in 2011). In France, the emergence of these non-professionals covering mobilizations and their repre...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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Université de Poitiers
2025-02-01
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| Series: | Images du Travail, Travail des Images |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/itti/5522 |
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| Summary: | The figure of the “citizen journalist” burst onto the global audiovisual scene in the wake of a series of revolts targeted by a media blackout (in Burma in 2007, in Iran in 2009 and in the Arab world in 2011). In France, the emergence of these non-professionals covering mobilizations and their repression on the frontlines coincided, a few years later, with the appearance of new mobile applications for live broadcasting on social media. Based on an ethnography of these independent reporters, the primary aim of this article is to sketch out the sociological contours of this media phenomenon, questioning the boundaries between journalism and activism, but also between amateurism and professionalism. Emphasizing the tacit rules that govern this community of practice, the article also reveals the recurring dilemmas surrounding the commercialization of audiovisual content produced by these independent reporters. It concludes with the irreducible autonomy of images (and the sound that accompanies them), whose uses frequently escape the intentions of their authors. |
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| ISSN: | 2778-8628 |