PurposeThe purpose of this research paper is to address the main research gap related to the lack of sufficient information regarding the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in second Arab Spring wave in comparison to the first one. The authors analysed the role of ICTs via data regarding the access to ICTs and its influence on organization and spread of the anti-regime protests, i.e. regime change.Design/methodology/approachCrisis situations are unpredictable, complex and unexpected. The consequences produced by the crisis situations or events may be negative for an individual, community, organization or society as a whole. In the new millennium, ICTs have an important role in deep social crises. The new technologies enable not only the rapid spread of certain political ideas, spin information, but also the spread of misinformation. The control over ICTs in the crisis situations is crucial. The aim of this paper is to indicate effect of the use of ICTs in the crisis situations, i.e. political upheavals in 11 countries of the “Arab Spring”. The contribution of this paper is based on the development of a special theoretical model of analysis that represents the combination of the theoretical considerations in the field of ICTs, as well as the analysis in the field of transitology, i.e. democratization. The first part of the paper is focussed on the development of ICT transition theory of ICTs’ impact on the process of political change, setting the hypotheses and the explanation of methodological approach of the paper. The second part is related to the review and description of data regarding ICTs use, while the third one discusses the impact of the use of ICTs in organizing and spreading protests in the Arab world, in line with the defined theoretical framework. Finally, there are given the research results in terms of confirming or refuting the hypotheses through the analysis of Arab transition cases.FindingsThe authors confirmed the main hypothesis of the paper that the factors that determined the role of ICTs in first Spring, also, have determined the role of ICTs in second Spring wave. These factors include high access to ICT tools, weak regime's control over ICTs’ use and important cross-border networking with regional and international audience. All that formed the promotional role of ICTs in regime change in 8 of the 11 countries mentioned in the paper.Originality/valueApart from the developed special theoretical model and the analysis of new wave Arab Spring cases, the significance and originality of this paper is reflected in a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach that connects political changes and the use of ICTs in disseminating certain policies and ideas.
Author(s): Jelisaveta Blagojević | Јелисавета Благојевиќ Title (English): I Тhink, Therefore I Think the Other: Derrida’s Poetics of Hospitality Title (Macedonian): Мислам, значи, го мислам другото: Деридаовата поетика на гостоприемство Translated by (Serbian to English): Anastazija Kirkova | Анастазија Киркова Translated by (Serbian to Macedonian): Tatjana Mitrevska | Татјана Митревска Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Winter 2004) Publisher: Research Center in Gender Studies - Skopje and Euro-Balkan Institute Page Range: 223-235 Page Count: 12 Citation (English): Jelisaveta Blagojević, “I Тhink, Therefore I Think the Other: Derrida’s Poetics of Hospitality,” translated from the Serbian by Anastazija Kirkova, Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Winter 2004): 223-235. Citation (Macedonian): Јелисавета Благојевиќ, „Мислам, значи, го мислам другото: Деридаовата поетика на гостоприемство“, превод од српски Татјана Митревска, Идентитети: списание за политика, род и култура, т. 3, бр. 2 (зима 2004): 223-235.
Author(s): Jelisaveta Blagojević Title (English): Unthinkable: Ethico-political Fiction in the Present Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter 2011) Publisher: Research Center in Gender Studies - Skopje and Euro-Balkan Institute Page Range: 29-33 Page Count: 5 Citation (English): Jelisaveta Blagojević, “Unthinkable: Ethico-political Fiction in the Present,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter 2011): 29-33.
Author(s): Jelisaveta Blagojević | Јелисавета Благојевиќ Title (English): The End of the Affair: Writing as a Labour of Pharmakon Title (Macedonian): Крајот на една љубов: пишувањето како дејство на фармакон Translated by (English to Macedonian): Senka Naumovska | Сенка Наумовска Journal Reference: Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Summer 2002) Publisher: Research Center in Gender Studies - Skopje and Euro-Balkan Institute Page Range: 59-92 Page Count: 33 Citation (English): Jelisaveta Blagojević, “The End of the Affair: Writing as a Labour of Pharmakon,” Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Summer 2002): 59-92. Citation (Macedonian): Јелисавета Благојевиќ, „Крајот на една љубов: пишувањето како дејство на фармакон“, превод од англиски Сенка Наумовска, Идентитети: списание за политика, род и култура, т. 1, бр. 3 (лето 2002): 59-92.
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