Charlie Hebdo, 2015

Liveness’ and acceleration of conflict in a hybrid media event

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7499720
AutoresJ Sumiala (0000-0002-4773-4509, University of Helsinki, autor de correspondencia), Minttu Tikka (0000-0002-9887-5600, University of Helsinki), Katja Valaskivi (0000-0002-5320-8855, Tampere University)
Año2019
Volumen12
Número2
Páginas202-218
Fecha de publicación2019-05-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedia War & Conflict (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1750-6352 • E-ISSN: 1750-6360
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1750635219846033
OpenAlexW2945109159
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas25

In this article, the authors examine the intensification of liveness and its effects in the Charlie Hebdo attacks that took place in Paris in January 2015. In their investigation they first re-visit the existing theoretical literature on media, event and time, and discuss in particular the relationship between media events and the idea of liveness. They then move on to the empirical analysis of the Charlie Hebdo attacks and demonstrate the aspects of intensified liveness in the circulation of selected tweets. The analysis is based on a multi-method approach developed for the empirical study of hybrid media events. In conclusion, the authors argue that the liveness, experienced and carried out simultaneously on multiple platforms, favours stereotypical and immediate interpretations when it comes to making sense of the incidents unfolding before the eyes of global audiences. In this condition, incidents are interpreted ‘en direct’, but within the framework of older mnemonic schemes and mythologization of certain positions (e.g. victims, villains, heroes) in the narrative. This condition, they claim, further accelerates the conflict between the different participants that took part in the event

Art · Cognitive psychology · Event (particle physics · Literature · Liveness · Media event · Media studies · Mnemonic · Narrative · Sociology · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social Media and Politics