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Live from the pastures: Maasai YouTube protest videos

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While much attention has turned to new and social media as tools to facilitate democratic participation, little attention has been paid to the ways that these tools are used by rural and nomadic communities. In this article, I examine the ways that Maasai pastoral-nomads are utilizing YouTube to present evidence of eviction, hunger, and other threats to their communities. I explore how the Maasai are using new and social media to engage and create communicative networks which both advance their protests and enrich our study of international communication.

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Series Title

Media, Culture & Society

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Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications., 2016

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English

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0163-4437

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Volume 38, Issue 8, November 2016; pp. 1236–1246

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Deliberation
International communication
Social media

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