Internet refuge for supporters of Laurent Gbagbo? While the Ivorian president clings to power despite leaving his defeat at the polls found, the Web provides its fans a privileged space to try to influence public opinion. As noted Rue89 is through the microblogging site Twitter Ggbagbo Laurent responded, first, the announcement of the victory of his opponent.Barely known it on 1 December, the outgoing head of state replied by announcing the extension of the curfew on its behalf. Screenshot of tweets posted to the official account of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo to leaving the announcement of his defeat, 01/12. ÉcranDepuis capture, web serves as a communication tool to pro-Gbagbo.
On their campaign sites or their blogs, social networks Twitter, MySpace, Facebook or Viadeo, but also on the platforms Dailymotion or YouTube videos, they pound one message their candidate won the election that he had opposed Alassane Ouattara. And foreign countries, led by France, trying to make believe the opposite because it serves their interests.
Screenshot of website "communicating volunteers" Ivory Coast, Laurent Ggbagbo support. Capture écranGBAGBO HAD THE WEB ÉLECTIONLa a priority for his strong position of the supporters of the incumbent president on the web is anything but random: Laurent Gbagbo had made the web a priority of his campaign.
The magazine Jeune Afriquele noted in October, "recognizes the growing importance of web and the blogosphere," Laurent Gbagbo "does not skimp on resources" campaign site dedicated multimedia webTV, many support sites, accounts on most major social networks, blogs network supporters ... "At campaign headquarters, located in the town of Cocody, a team of ten people daily on the Internet is activated," noted the magazine.
The Ivorian million users, mostly young people, but also the diaspora abroad, were the primary targets of importance webcampagne rarely achieved on the African continent. It should also be noted that Laurent Gbagbo appealed to the French group Euro RSCG, whose boss, Stephane Fouks, was one of his political advisers.
The camp Gbagbo had invested early and heavily the web, with a dozen sites in its favor. At the heart of this device, "communicators citizen volunteers for the Plebiscite of Laurent Gbagbo," activists from the worlds of media and communication, recruited from 2009 to sing the praises of the president.
Their site, "the heart of voters," continues, since the proclamation of the victory of Alassane Ouattara, shouting to the international deception. "The international community is losing ground in Côte d'Ivoire. His evil will twist the blow to the Ivorian institutions to impose a straw man to the people of Cote d'Ivoire stumbles to the fierce resistance of Ivorians proud desperate to defend their sovereignty, "can you read.
This business pays : The Facebook page of Laurent Gbagbo, which incorporates articles and videos from media favorable to the outgoing president, is strong over 20,000 "fans", while that of Alassane Ouattara, who has not been updated since Dec. 2, has only 6000. On one of the sites pro-Gbagbo, France is accused of trying to assassinate the president.
écranLA Capture THEORY OF A CONSPIRACY OF ÉTRANGERBien organized supporters Past President avail themselves of all the tricks of web activism to make their voices heard, using for example video for "decryption", like this, accusing the UN mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI ) to "set fire to the powder." It also seeks to "attack, described by example on this blog about" dangerous lunatic and completely illuminated.
"The views in favor of the incumbent, like the UMP deputy Didier Julia on a local radio Kernews, passed completely unnoticed in France, are also widely publicized on the support sites. Another line of campaign: the conspiracy from abroad. The official website of Laurent Gbagbo and put on the front, Wednesday, December 29, an article from a newspaper in his favor, which has a "secret document of the French soldiers" intended to "kill Gbagbo," and accuses of UNOCI willfully trying to "inflame Abidjian.
Other quasi-official site of the outgoing president, lgconnect. Net involves, in an article, the governance of many world leaders had called Gbagbo to recognize his defeat, including Nicolas Sarkozy at the forefront. France is also accused, on the site Gbagbolaurent. Net to implement a "strategy of chaos" in the country.
Charges on repeated occasions and at all sites supporters of outgoing President. Some supporters of Gbagbo go further. Ivory Vox blog and evokes the "death threats" issued by Ouattara's supporters against those who would go to work despite the strike call, and accuses the pro-Ouattara from "engaging in acts of terrorism." Samuel LaurentOuattara less present on InternetLe elected president Alassanne Ouattara is not absent from the web.
He too had put resources into this medium for his campaign, with an official site, adosolutions ("Ado" is the nickname of Mr. Ouattara), with its WebTV and a web radio. The president-elect also has his Facebook page, strong 6000 "fans". But the means are not the same as those of his opponent, whose online presence is more important.
This does not prevent the pro-Ouattara support their president on their blogs, like this, or this site's campaign supporters. Even put forward the candidate's official site, the fact that his campaign was heavily loaded with young Ivorians, who hold the upper hand by giving a hard time at Euro RSCG, French media group, recognized worldwide.
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