Role of the New Media in the Arab Spring
@article{Khondker2011RoleOT, title={Role of the New Media in the Arab Spring}, author={H. Khondker}, journal={Globalizations}, year={2011}, volume={8}, pages={675 - 679} }
This article examines the role of the new media in the ‘Arab Spring’ in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It argues that although the new media is one of the factors in the social revolution among others such as social and political factors in the region, it nevertheless played a critical role especially in light of the absence of an open media and a civil society. The significance of the globalization of the new media is highlighted as it presents an interesting case of… CONTINUE READING
442 Citations
New Technologies, New Identities, and the Growth of Mass Opposition in the Arab Spring
- Sociology
- 2014
- 95
- Highly Influenced
- PDF
The February 20th Movement Communication Strategies: Towards Participatory Politics
- Political Science
- 2015
Political Information, Political Power, and People Power: New Media and New Social Movements in the Arab Spring
- Political Science
- 2016
- 1
- PDF
Framing the revolution: the role of social media in Ukraine’s Euromaidan movement
- Political Science
- 2017
- 8
References
SHOWING 1-10 OF 19 REFERENCES
Cyberactivism in the Egyptian Revolution: How Civic Engagement and Citizen Journalism Tilted the Balance
- Political Science
- 2011
- 180
'Sites' of resistance: alternative websites and state-society relations.
- Medicine, Sociology
- The British journal of sociology
- 2002
- 64
- PDF
Conquering the minds, conquering Iraq: The social production of misinformation in the United States – a case study
- Sociology
- 2006
- 33
- PDF
The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam
- Sociology, Political Science
- 2010
- 259
- Highly Influential
- PDF