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BLOGGING BURMA:
HOW A WEB OF TECH-SAVY CHRONICLERS
CHALLENGED CENSORSHIP, POVERTY AND FEAR
TO TELL THEIR STORY
by
Hanna Ingber Win
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(PRINT JOURNALISM)
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Hanna Ingber Win
Object Description
| Title | Blogging Burma: how a web of tech-savy chroniclers challenged censorship, poverty and fear to tell their story |
| Author | Win, Hanna Ingber |
| Author email | hingber@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Project |
| Degree program | Journalism (Print Journalism) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2008 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 11 Apr. 2010. |
| Date published | 2010-04-11 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Suro, Roberto |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Parks, Michael Bar, Francois |
| Abstract | Digital media and new forms of technology helped fuel an explosion of political activism in the totalitarian state of Burma (also known as Myanmar) in September 2007. Burmese risked their lives to document the largest demonstrations in their country in almost 20 years. At the height of the protests, close to 100,000 monks and lay people marched through cities across the country to demand political and economic reforms.; The junta effectively prevented the international press from covering the demonstrations first hand by simply locking foreign journalists out of the country, but the news got out nonetheless by way of cell phone pictures, blogs, expat publications and instant messages.; An elaborate network of political actors including former student activists, censored journalists and bloggers generated a flow of information in several directions. News of the demonstration not only reached the outside world, but also flowed back into Burma, spreading word of the protests and serving as a communications channel for the dissidents and their sympathizers.; The extreme circumstances of the Burmese protests illustrate the rise of a new phenomenon: the activist-journalist who utilizes new technologies to play multiple roles in a political conflict. And, exploring this extreme case may also illuminate how those technologies are blurring the line between activism and journalism in much more ordinary circumstances. |
| Keyword | Burma; Myanmar; bloggers; citizen journalism |
| Geographic subject (country) | Burma; Myanmar |
| Coverage date | circa 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1105 |
| Rights | Win, Hanna Ingber |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Win-20080411 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Win-20080411.pdf |
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| Full text | BLOGGING BURMA: HOW A WEB OF TECH-SAVY CHRONICLERS CHALLENGED CENSORSHIP, POVERTY AND FEAR TO TELL THEIR STORY by Hanna Ingber Win A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (PRINT JOURNALISM) May 2008 Copyright 2008 Hanna Ingber Win |
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