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The Language of the Tunisian Revolution: Slogans, Tweets and Facebook Posts
Abstract
“Leaderless” and “decentralized,” the revolution with which Tunisia recently surprised the world managed to act harmoniously and express itself with a single voice that toppled its president of 23 years as well as the newly formed interim government dominated by members of his party. The Tunisian people’s goals shifted throughout the different stages of the revolution. The essence of those changing goals was formulated and expressed collaboratively through verbal and non-verbal means. This talk will offer a look into the language of the rallying cries for freedom, solidarity and self-sacrifice that were collaboratively formulated and performed by the Tunisian people both during street protests in the form of slogans, chants and graffiti, as well as in cyber space on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook pages.
Discipline
Media Arts
Geographic Area
Tunisia
Sub Area
19th-21st Centuries