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Social Media as the new Documentation Tool
Md. Mahbubul Haque OsmaniMSJ Department 2nd Curriculum
Integration ProgramSpring-201326 April 2013
Social Media Web-based platform People share information,
thoughts and activities. Virtual Public Sphere Web 2.0 - web
applications interoperability user-centered design
Social Media Web 2.0- social networking sites blogs
participatory information sharing video sharing sites
Bloggers first Protest against the verdict of Kader Molla
Protest in the evening
Social Networking Sites Facebook/ Tweeter/you tube: Facebook was
introduced in 2004 More than 800 million 3rd biggest 'country' in
the world Offer casual friendship Used as key components in the
contemporary issues/ platform of protesters
Documenting The Bangladeshi Through Facebook
Documenting The Bangladeshi Through Facebook
Shahbag Protest in Facebook
Bangladesh: Amader Shahbag
Bangladesh: Shahbag Protest
Shahbag Blasts
Basherkella (Against Protest)
FB Video In Favor of Saydee
Bangladesh: 7 Heroic Martyrs FB Page
Bangladesh Cricket Team FB Page
Blogs Introduced 1999 9/11 popularized the blog Iraq War
increased the number of bloggers Bloggers express opinions of
global incidents Provide instant information/ images/video/audio
Play the role of citizen journalists Respond on behalf of humanity/
greater causes of majority people
Bangla Blog: Somewhere in
Bangla Blog: Shachalayton
Bangla Blog: Shachalayton
Bangla Blog: Amar Blog
Banned Blog Sonar Bangla
Documenting The BangladeshiProducer: urban/ relatively
well-educated/ middle classInstrument: Multimedia Platform: -
written text/video/audio/Images Modes: Different Ideological
People/ Pro-western/ Conservative/ Reactive/ Proactive/ Secular/
ProgressiveDocument Type: Sharing/ Reproducing/ Responding to the
socio-economic and political issues/ Express texts, video, audio,
images
How would be Documented? Online community/ Regularly serve news
and analyses on contemporary issues Criticize the government for
their failures Move for democratizing the society for equal
rights
How would be Documented? Bangla blog community: reporting on BDR
tragedy just after it began Blogger 'Onrino' from
Somewherein...blog , at 10:08 am, on February 25, 2009 Since the
morning, exchange of fire is heard inside BDR The title of the post
was- Soldier mutiny in the BDR, massive fire inside.
BDR tragedy
How would be Documented? BDR tragedy: First report in any kind
of media One-sentence created enormous curiosity Asking to
elaborate/ update the news As time passed, other bloggers came
Share news, views and analyses Incident became one of the most
discussed issues in the blog community.
How would be Documented? Like BDR tragedy, online community has
responded to every significant event in the country. Border
killings by BSF, War crimes tribunal Protest against Air Port in
Ariol Bil, Munshigong Destruction of Baul sculpture in front of the
airport, Killing of a journalist couple, Sagor-Runi Ramu Incident
(Destroyed temples and fired houses) and so on.
Blogger Razib: Murdered
Documented Through Music (Atheist/Believer)
Rohingay: Favor/Against
Protest Against Murder of Sagor-Runi
Destruction of Ramu Temple
Destruction of Baul sculpture in front of the Airport
Discussion about BSF Killing
How would be Documented? Humanity, democracy and the rights of
people and against the repression of the powerful Where 'old' media
offered passive consumption, new media offer interactivity
Cyberspace is free -- no gatekeeper is going to edit one's opinion
Alternative media is relatively cheaper, can transcend borders and
break conventional relations between the sender and the
receiver.
FB Image Documenting Bangladeshi
Up Rising Bangladesh Through Social Media
A New Bangladesh Arise
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