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French students are showing us what protest looks like in the age of viral spectacle

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par Sara García Santamaría, Assistant Professor in Journalism Studies, Universitat de València

The recent wave of protests in Europe have left us with two striking, viral spectacles of violence and joy. As Limoges’ historic town hall went up in flames, the Orchestre du Nouveau Monde was playing classical music in Paris’ central Place de la République (until the musicians were teargassed by police, that is).

Both scenes offer radically different ways of seeing the protests. The burning…

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