The event has triggered the solidarity of at least 8 countries in the. In the arab world no country could claim to be truly democratic and most were autocratic coupled with desertification 68. This paper will discuss the causes of the arab spring and how social media played a role in the middle east before the start of the revolutions in 2011. This paper looks at the role of media of arab spring by presenting a. The imp act of new media on contemporary social movements and challenges for social movement theory victoria carty chapman university abstract th events of arab spring were shocking for those who study soctal movements as longterm dictators were swiftly removed from office and a democratic wave hit the region. Social media has played a crucial role in the emergence, organization and dissemination of the. Axel bruns, tim highfield, and jean burgess arc centre of excellence for creative industries and innovation, queensland university of technology. How social media affected the arab spring slideshare. The arab spring carried the promise that social media and the internet were going to unleash a new wave of positive social change.
The role of information communication technologies in the. Social media indeed played a part in the arab uprisings. Digital media didnt oust mubarak, but it did provide the medium by which soulful calls for freedom have cascaded across north africa and the middle east. Taking power through technology in the arab spring iran. While the arab spring may point to a phenomenon of new mass forms of sociopolitical protest facilitated by social media networks, particularly in regard to their organizational and. The role of social media in the arab spring the role of social media in the arab spring the arab spring. One of these sources was social media and its power to put a human face on political oppression. The series of arab uprisings collectively known as the arab spring is a flashpoint in history perhaps the biggest we. The arab spring and the social media centre for culture, media and governance, jamia millia islamia 1 social media, as of now, can be understood as the mix between older cultural conventions for data representation, access, and manipulation and newer. Facebook has over 677 million users as of aprilwith the middle east constituting one of theregions that contributed the largest amount of newusers its mobile users. Apr 17, 2015 governments in tunisia and egypt soon fell, civil war broke out in libya, and protestors took to the streets in algeria, morocco, syria, yemen and elsewhere. Governments in tunisia and egypt soon fell, civil war broke out in libya, and protestors took to the streets in algeria, morocco, syria, yemen and elsewhere. Research problem tunisia is a developing country, an uppermiddleincome economy, and not everybody has access to the internet. Social media was effective in awakening the arab people and giving them the power to fight against repressive regimes in their drive for greater freedom and independence.
This report investigates the impact of social media upon social unrest during the arab spring and is designed to test the common hypothesis that facebook, twitter and other social media outlets had a significant impact on the outbreak of protests in the mena region. Social media, arab spring and its implications for pakistan 401 there is an important distinction betw een pakistan and the countries in the middle east and north africa that have expe rienced. The arab spring of 2010 was a domino style revolution that spread throughout the middle east and north africa resulting in a complete upheaval of the autocratic status quo in the region. Facebook, twitter, youtube, and other forms of social media have played a major role in the planning, acceleration, and even the preparation of some of the uprisings and revolutions that too place in the middle east at this time. Pdf the role of social media in the arab uprisings past and. New media and conflict after the arab spring the web site cannot. A study from the university of washington shows that social media, like twitter and facebook, did, indeed, play a major role in sparking the arab spring revolutions that engulfed the middle east. In the sea of the arab spring, social media provided a means for assorted civil groups to collaborate. Social media is no longer the domain of the liberal youth, empowering different agendas across the political map. It helped people share videos of protest, police aggression, injured and murdered citizens. Has malcolm gladwells opinion on social media and the arab spring changed. The arab spring, social media, and human rights by tina xu when mohammed bouazizi doused himself with gasoline and lit his fatal match, he ignited not only his flesh but the spirit of a revolution that would transform the face of north africa and the middle east. What was the influence of social media in egypt during the arab spring. Howard, university of washington aiden duffy, university of washington deen freelon, american university muzammil hussain, university of washington will mari, university of washington marwa mazaid, university of washington working paper 2011.
This essay analyzes the engagement of arab feminist activisms online, most notably. Taking power through technology in the arab spring. Pdf social media in the arab world before the recent revolutions had been described as marginal, alternative and elitist, and their impact minimal. In addition, the tunisian regime was a dictatorship that controlled.
This article examines the role of the new media in the arab spring in the middle. Study confirms social medias revolutionary role in arab. The role of social media in political mobilisation. The role of social media in the arab uprisings pew. When broadbased protest movements erupted in north africa in the winter of 20102011, the media searched for some terms to describe these uprisings. Due to the recent nature of these events, the scholarly and academic discourse is still developing, and there is fairly limited data and analysis of the role of social media in the arab spring. Description in late of 2010 and during 2011, the arab countries saw a series of large scale political uprisings. Pdf social media, arab spring and its implications for pakistan. Apr 23, 2018 the united arab emirates, bahrain, qatar, lebanon, and kuwait had some of the highest levels of social media penetration, and yet experienced only small levels of unrest during the arab spring time period. Oct 24, 2012 social media and revolution in the arab world duration. Arab spring translated to arab revolutions in arabic, were series of protests and demonstrations against dictatorship, absolute monarchy, human rights violations, and government corruption source. The impact of social media on social unrest in the arab spring. In the news, social media have been heralded as the driving force behind the swift spread of revolution throughout.
This is not to imply that there is a lack of information. The impact of these technologies was felt globally, affecting both developed and developing nations, if not in the same way. Applying the framework of digital reflexivity to analyze gender and online activism. A study conducted in 2011 quantified the effect which social media had on the arab spring. Facebook, twitter, youtube and other social media websites were the driving force in arab spring. Social media and the arab spring rutgers university. Pdf the year 2010 has seen the rise of west asia with the arab spring phenomena. For the case of tunisia, social media specially facebook was a main actor in the revolution. Dec 10, 20 how social media affected the arab spring a study conducted in 2011 quantified the effect which social media had on the arab spring.
English and arabic twitter users and their networks axel bruns, tim highfield, and jean burgess arc centre of excellence for creative industries and innovation. Hassan a capstone submitted to the graduate school camden rutgers, the state university of new jersey in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of masters of arts in liberal studies written under the direction of professor hamid abdeljaber. The first is that one cannot understand the role of social media in collective action. Feb 16, 2011 digital media didnt oust mubarak, but it did provide the medium by which soulful calls for freedom have cascaded across north africa and the middle east. Social media and revolution in the arab world duration. Explaining the role and impact of social media in the arab spring. The arab spring and the social media centre for culture, media and governance, jamia millia islamia 1 social media, as of now, can be understood as the mix. Civil society leaders in arab countries emphasized the role of the internet, mobile phones, and social media in the protests. Uneven impact of social media on political processes. Whilst the revolution may no longer be televised there is an extremely high chance that it will be tweeted. Pdf social media, arab spring and its implications for. Social media and the arab spring rabindranath media watch. Well i think that what social media and these revolutions has really taught us.
Social media and politics and the arab spring moment iemed. The arab spring began in late 2010 in response to oppressive regimes and a low standard of living, beginning with protests in tunisia noueihed, 2011. But the past five years have shown that liberty isnt the only. This paper discusses the effect of social media on the occurrence of arab spring. Social media made the arab spring, but couldnt save it. English and arabic twitter users and their networks axel bruns, tim highfield, and jean burgess arc centre of excellence for creative industries and innovation queensland university of technology brisbane, australia. Social media and women of the arab spring effects of social media on egyptian womens participation in the revolution hanna lehtonen supervisors. Social media andthe arab springkyle jerniganrichard skinner 2. Social media tools have continued to grow inpopularity throughout the first quarter of 2011. Social media and the arab spring sage publications. Facebook and twitter, for example, have expandedtheir user base and platforms significantly. Combining the approaches of geospatial analysis and nlp allows us to examine in a broader sense different aspects of crowd behaviorarab spring, for example the role of social media in the arab.
Abdel sater spokesperson of the arab youth parliament for water. Of the four major arab spring protests analyzedtunisia, egypt, libya, and bahrain. In light of the arab spring revolutions of early 2011, the internet and its tools of. In the sea of the arab spring, social media provided a. Social media and its influence on the arab spring december 17, 2015 according to online activist nasser weddady, social media in the arab uprising became the peoples news agency.
Social media in arab spring essay sample sample essays. New media must be understood as part of a wider information arena in which new and old media form complex interrelationships. It is difficult to know when the arab spring will end, but we can already say something about the political casualties, longterm regional consequences and the modern recipe for. Social media and the youth revolutions perspectives of youth empowerment through the social networks proposal of contribution to the malta conference on youth empowerment 2224 march 2012 by farah i.
The new social media and the arab spring oxford centre for. They still speak of the jasmine revolution in tunisia, the the arab spring and the facebook revolution. Aboutthe arab spring is a revolution that began latedecember 2010 in tunisia when mohamedbouazizi, a 26yearold fruit and vegetable seller,set himself on fire after police confiscated his cartbecause he didn. Politics comes first gadi wolfsfeld 1, elad segev2, and tamir sheafer3 abstract the goal of this article is to place the role that social media plays in collective action within a more general theoretical structure, using the events of the arab spring as a case study. Nov 30, 2012 how social media affected the arab spring 1. Study confirms social medias revolutionary role in arab spring. Social media and fundamental change chandos publishing social media. His last wordshow do you expect me to make a living. Social media, arab spring and its implications for pakistan 397 facebook, which has 6.
Explaining the role and impact of social media in the. Social media and the arab spring al jazeera america. The role of social media in the arab spring pangaea. English and arabic twitter users and their networks. American university analyze the role of social media in the. The influence of social media in egypt during the arab spring. Social media and fundamental change chandos publishing social media jamali, reza on. Challenges for the 21st century sufism in the modern world. The role social of media and modern technology in arab spring.
Critical thought and the future of islam the middle east and muslim southeast asia. The united arab emirates, bahrain, qatar, lebanon, and kuwait had some of the highest levels of social media penetration, and yet experienced only small levels of unrest during the arab spring time period. While popular media narratives about the role of social media in driving the events of the 2011 arab spring are likely to overstate the impact of facebook and twitter on these uprisings, it is nonetheless true that protests and unrest in countries from tunisia to syria generated a substantial amount of social media activity. Opening closed regimes what was the role of social media during the arab spring.
The impact of social networks and mobile technologies on the. Toward better analysis of new media and the arab spring. It is increasingly difficult to separate new media from old media. As a result of their research many academics have come to the conclusion that social media played a critical role in mobilization, empowerment, shaping opinions, and influencing change during the arab spring. Networks formed online were crucial in organizing a core group of activists, specifically in egypt. Implications of the arab spring the jefferson quran maher zain, technology, and southeast asias place in modern islam islam and science the new social media and the arab spring saudi arabia.