Role of the New Media in the Arab Spring
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Globalizations
Publication Date
10-1-2011
Abstract
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 horizontal connectivity in social mobilization as well signaling a new trend in the intersection of new media and conventional media such as television, radio, and mobile phone. One of the contradictions of the present phase of globalization is that the state in many contexts facilitated the promotion of new media due to economic compulsion, inadvertently facing the social and political consequences of the new media. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
DOI Link
ISSN
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Volume
8
Issue
5
First Page
675
Last Page
679
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Keywords
globalization, Middle East, new media, social movement
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Recommended Citation
Khondker, Habibul Haque, "Role of the New Media in the Arab Spring" (2011). All Works. 3006.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/3006
Indexed in Scopus
yes
Open Access
no