On the field or on the web, same fight

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To understand the nature of this worrying phenomenon and to avoid any form of confusion, it seems necessary to make a distinction between the violence against journalists on the one hand and the distrust of the media on the other . A point of view that allows us to differentiate between a minority of radical, violent and ideologically motivated demonstrators and an old and deep movement of questioning the word of the so-called "traditional" media.

In both cases, the media are not equipped to respond to the attacks . However, this unacceptable violence cannot exempt them from a serious examination of conscience , like the work already begun by the journalists who make up their editorial staff and who, for the most part, experience a growing challenge to their legitimacy on a daily basis.



Since the beginning of the yellow vest movement, the web lithuania mobile database and social networks have served as a sounding board for the protest, offering a massive and unprecedented counterpoint to the information disseminated by the media.

With the help of Facebook pages and live videos, the demonstrators have given themselves an unprecedented platform to express their anger and their demands. A reappropriation of public speech (one of the main demands of the movement) which has led to a media confrontation through interposed channels .

On one side, the omnipotence of the continuous news channels, and their editorialists perceived as arrogant and disconnected, and on the other, the yellow vest collectives using the power of Facebook to defend their point of view. A platform deeply anchored in the daily digital uses of the French, with 34 million active users each month in France.