Sunday 4 November 2012

Half-Term Homework

Arab Spring

  • Series of protests, demonstrations and wars against governments
  • Mainly North Africa
  • Caused by wiki leaks leaking documents about the corruption governments 
  • Also causes by the youth being able to see the different democracies around the world and how they had a terrible situation. 
  • Tunisia + Egypt the first main rebellions
  • News institutions relied on UGC for footage because news crews werent being allowed in some countires.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline



Ian Tomlinson

  • Died during G20 protests
  • Hit and pushed by police officer, suffered a heart attack shortly after
  • Police officer ended up getting away with it
  • The guardian published footage after the initial post mortum showing the police brutality. Sparking uproar amongst the public. 
  • The footage was UGC
  • Ian wouldn't of received justice if it wasn't for this UGC
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jul/19/ian-tomlinson-family-civil-case

Gaddafi & Libya

  • Dictator killed and overruled
  • Civil war ripped through the country
  • Rebels protest against Gaddafi's reign 
  • Gaddafi claims that they are linked to Al Quedea
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/12/libyan-attack-fire-cannot-extinguish


Christian Bale Rant

  • During the recording of Terminator: Salvation
  • Screaming at staff
  • Wouldn't of been given the worlwide attention if it wasn't for citizen journalism to an extent
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/06/bbc-apology-christian-bale-rant



Bus Driver Uppercut

  • On a bus in Cleveland Ohio, America. A young black girl got uppercuted by the bus driver 
  • Showed on WSHH
  • Covered by most urban news outlet
  • Sparked arguments about if its right or wrong
  • Trying to get WSHH shut down because of it
  • Wouldn't of come to light if not for a citizen journalist shooting the footage and uploading it to WSHH
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/18/worldstarhiphop-bankable-brand-brutality






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