Friday, March 30, 2012

The Arab Spring

New Media and Society

The Arab Spring

By:

Mars 23,2012





Abstract: This article deals about the role of internet and sepcially the social media in the Arab revolutions.

Quotations:  "Media and technology played a big role in leading the revolution. Twitter, Facebook and Blogger; they are the face of the “Arab Spring”. Social media became the craze across the Arab world"

"It is said that due to the Arab Spring an increase of 1,825.3% occurred in the internet usage of citizens in the middle east. Arab citizens are not only using social media for the purpose of socializing they are now using it as political tool, critiquing governments, presidents, kings and cabinet members."

Intex terms: Social medias, internet, Arab ,revolutions, governements, Communication 

Source:UBC BLOG: New Media and society

Found by: Google news

URLhttp://blogs.ubc.ca/journalism100/2012/03/23/the-arab-spring/

By: A.O

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