Organising the Syrian revolution — student activism through Facebook

Rodineliussen, Rasmus

doi:10.1080/1472586x.2019.1653790

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“…In Morocco, different new media functioned as catalysts of political change: Facebook, YouTube, news websites such as Hespress.com, Lakome.com and Alraiy.com, as well as the Moroccan blogosphere – aka blogoma (Chalfaouat, 2019, p. 63). Syrian student activists used Facebook to mobilize demonstrations and to share images of atrocities in Syria with a global public (Rodineliussen, 2019). Also, Hultman (2011) notes that in Libya, “reports by eyewitnesses via social media have been consistently ahead of established news media in documenting the spread of anti-government rebellion”.…”

Section: The Impact Of Ict Usage On Arab Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some of the papers dealing with the impact of ICTs on the organization and spread of the protests in the Arab world are as follows: Manrique andMikail (2011), Van Niekerk et al (2011), Ghannan (2011), Hintz (2012, Wilson and Corey (2012), Hussain and Howard (2013), Dupuis (2014) [2], Al-Rawi (2015), Aaliya and Wani (2016), Manacorda and Tesei (2016), Obiani et al (2016), Farhan and Varghese (2018), Chalfaouat (2019), Rodineliussen (2019) and Emont (2019). Wilson and Corey (2012) analyse the impact and extent of ICTs use in Middle East and North Africa countries, pointing out their importance in organizing the protests by individuals, as well as the state's response to the use of ICTs.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(2011), Ghannan (2011), Howard et al (2011), Hintz (2012), Wilson and Corey (2012), Hussain and Howard (2013), Dupuis (2014) [2], Al-Rawi (2015), Aaliya and Wani (2016), Manacorda and Tesei (2016), Obiani et al . (2016), Farhan and Varghese (2018), Chalfaouat (2019), Rodineliussen (2019) and Emont (2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Arab Spring a decade on: information and communication technologies as a mass mobilization tool

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2021

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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.

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Section: The Impact Of Ict Usage On Arab Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%