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Geopolitica del MediterraneoMadia in the MenaPresentazione di Matteo Minchio de Lo Spazio della Politica alla Societing Summer School 2011TRANSCRIPT
Salerno, August 2011 LSDP, Matteo Minchio 1
Geopolitics of the Mediterranean Media in the MENA
Societing Summer School Cava dei Tirreni (SA) 22-27 August 2011
Matteo Minchio, LSDP
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Young masses and old elites
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Corrupt and oppressive rulers
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Educated, urban and jobless: Arab Youth is a gunpowder
Urban Population
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Yemen Egypt Syria Morocco Algeria Tunisia Jordan Libya SaudiArabia
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Have Arab netizens reached their critical mass?
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Internet Users Population Facebook UsersCountry Mill People
Internet Users
Internet users %
FB users
FB users %
Algeria 35,4 4,7 13,50% 1,41 3%
Bahrain 0,8 0,42 53% 0,28 29%
Egypt 84,4 20,25 24,30% 4,63 7%
Jordan 6,0 1,56 26% 1,10 15%
Lebanon 4,2 0,96 23,70% 0,98 23%
Libya 6,4 0,35 5,50% 0,26 3%
Morocco 31,0 12,71 41,30% 2,45 7%
Saudi Arabia 25,0 9,5 38% 3,21 9%
Syria 21,0 4,2 20,40% 0,24 N.A.
Tunisia 10,4 3,4 34,10% 1,82 16%
UAE 8,2 6,15 75,00% 2,14 45%
Yemen 23,0 2,3 10% 0,18 0,50%
• Internet population is growing fast, but socializers are still few • Youngsters are a large majority in the online world
Salerno, August 2011 LSDP, Matteo Minchio 6
Cybercafés and SMS as guerrilla tools
Low Fixed Broadband penetration à High
capillarity of Internet cafés à Back to 1700?
Limited wired networks à Mobile-based system
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Hacktivists agenda: break the (Fire)Wall and make a buzz
u Handy-cams are your eyes u SMS are your words u Chat @ cybercafés u e-Skype wiretaps u Blog your storytelling u Meet-up for a protest u Geo-localise your crowd u Hash-clouds provoke
storms u Big G comes on the stage u Please record your tweet
after the beep Followers, Viewers and Likers
are your allies!
Salerno, August 2011 LSDP, Matteo Minchio 8
AJA & Co: eyes and ears open to the world
From Osama’s tape to the Arab Spring
Building Arabic Mainstream
From “The view and the opposite point of view” to “Continuous Coverage”
Emir of Qatar’s voice
Dubai based Saudi TV
Doha, Cairo, Beirut
Owed by Sheik Al Waleed, News Corp minority share
Entertainment, watched mostly in the Arab World
Puritan at home, Liberal abroad
Hezbollah goes on air
Don’t forget the Cedar!
Emirati banks do business
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Rulers tricks for repression: gags, handcuffs and tanks
Tunisian blogger Slim Amamou
Kidnapped
Asma Al-Ghoul Palestinian female journalist tortured
Lybian woman denoncing violences kidnapped in direct
Vodafone forced to send Regime SMS
Internet Shutdown Egypt, 27/01/11
GCC Police clears Pearl Roundabout
Syrian tanks make 2.000 victims in
Hama
Salerno, August 2011 LSDP, Matteo Minchio 10
Ghosts from 1956: Saudi police cages Bahraini tweet
Are you viral enough to spread the contagion? FACTS
u 14/02 youth groups protest Pearl Roundabout
u Discrete talks Al-Wifaq-Crown Prince
u 08/03 Coalition for Bahrain Republic
u 13/03 Barricades in Pearl Roundabout
u 14/03 GCC troops crackdown
u 15/03 State of Emergency
u 22/06 Imprisonment and trial of opposition leaders
FACTORS
u Natives (46%) vs Migrants (54%)
u Tribal divisions (Settled vs Nomades)
u Religious divisions (70% Shites vs Sunni elite)
u Geopolitical issues (Saudi Arabia vs Iran)
u National media war (Bahrain Tv vs Al-Wasat newspaper)
u TV spotlight (Al Alam and Al Manar) vs Tv blackout (Al Jazeera)