Turkey's contrib to the social media activist journalism "arsenal" is definitely @vineapp; more Vines of Turkish protests than of any others
@danmcquillan no, but it's fascinating; @zeynep could tell us perhaps (why Vine emerged as a preferred activism app in Turkey)
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@asteris@danmcquillan My take on why Vine become so central to activism in Turkey is that it provides context, makes verification easier. -
@zeynep I tend to agree although I think the "jump cuts" built into the app can make verification more difficult too@asteris@danmcquillan -
@jcstearns@asteris@danmcquillan But you get sound, slogans and a context of the place. Pretty valuable. -
@zeynep Oh yes, didn't mean to discount its value. But like Instagram filters, Vine jump cuts can be challenging.@asteris@danmcquillan -
@jcstearns Sure. But alternative is static pictures and vine is superior. Lot of fake pic accusations in Turkey.@asteris@danmcquillan -
@jcstearns@zeynep@asteris tx for interesting thoughts on activist vine use in .tr. could another factor be that vine hasn't been censored? -
@danmcquillan judging from practice, once an app sees peak use, regimes tend to censor it, so that can't be just it; sociological reasons - 1 more reply
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