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Redefining Publics: Mosireen, State Crime and the Rise of a Digital Public Sphere

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Kasm, Saeb·2018·State Crime Journal
DOI 10.13169/statecrime.7.1.0100
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The article traces the rise of Mosireen, a non-profit media collective, within the parameters of revolutionary and post-revolutionary Egypt's public sphere. It highlights how the Mosireen Collective strategically co-opted the infrastructure of the internet during critical periods of the Egyptian revolution as a tool of resistance to fight injustice, expose human rights violations and restore some semblance of accountability. Moreover, it explores Mosireen's innovative online/offline digital activism which enabled formerly marginalized publics to access new modes of information and challenge elite-driven discourses, thereby contributing to the “democratization” of the public sphere. The article further investigates Mosireen's emancipatory use of technology where the creation of an oppositional framework not only sustained “resistance from below” movements but also seemed to open up new potentialities for counter-hegemonic spaces and alternative discursive frameworks of society. The article provides a rich case study in how ideological struggles and questions of power are interpreted within the broader realm of Egyptian civil society with a particular focus on the power of visual production and its effect on the development of digital counter-publics. Finally, the limitations of the public sphere under neo-liberal capitalism are contextualized and critiqued within the context of the Mosireen Collective and broader digital resistance movements.

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Authors
Kasm, S.
Affiliations
Queen Mary University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
Kasm, Saeb
Venue
State Crime Journal
Publisher
Pluto Journals
Published
2018-04-01
Volume
7
Issue
1
ISSN
  • 2046-6056 (ISSN-L)
  • 2046-6064
DOI
10.13169/statecrime.7.1.0100
OpenAlex
W2893944430
Cited by
7
References
92
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2018: 1
FWCI
1.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • State Crime Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Social Media and Politics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Arab Spring and North African Politics
Keywords
public sphere, digital public sphere, digital activism, Egyptian revolution, post-revolutionary Egypt, state crimes, human rights violations, accountability, democratization, counterpublics, visual production, counter-hegemony, civil society, neoliberalism

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