Social media and uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (c2015)

The year 2010 witnessed a major breakthrough in the Arab world, demonstrations unexpectedly filled the streets of Tunisia followed by Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Syria. In fact, many other countries of the Middle East and North Africa were also affected by this domino effect. Citizens of the Ar...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Ghazzaoui, Sariah Mosbah (author)
التنسيق: masterThesis
منشور في: 2015
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2126
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2015.17
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Social media -- Political aspects -- Tunisia
Social media -- Political aspects -- Arab countries
Arab Spring, 2010- -- Influence
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
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description The year 2010 witnessed a major breakthrough in the Arab world, demonstrations unexpectedly filled the streets of Tunisia followed by Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Syria. In fact, many other countries of the Middle East and North Africa were also affected by this domino effect. Citizens of the Arab world were no longer afraid to speak up and stand up for their rights which had long been taken away from them by their rulers. This thesis seeks to examine a new paradigm of information and sourcing which introduced new actors and tools to the political arena. The main goal of this study is to examine the role of social media in the Arab Spring specifically in the revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt. Two case studies will be analyzed in depth: Tunisia and Egypt, which were the first two countries to have started a revolution and have succeeded in overthrowing their rulers. The main findings this thesis seeks to demonstrate are that social media did not cause the Arab spring, however it provided accelerating and limitless tools that helped the people plan the revolutions, connect and share the truth with the outside world, and it also allowed normal citizens to become journalists.
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spelling Social media and uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (c2015)Ghazzaoui, Sariah MosbahSocial media -- Political aspects -- EgyptSocial media -- Political aspects -- TunisiaSocial media -- Political aspects -- Arab countriesArab Spring, 2010- -- InfluenceLebanese American University -- DissertationsDissertations, AcademicThe year 2010 witnessed a major breakthrough in the Arab world, demonstrations unexpectedly filled the streets of Tunisia followed by Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Syria. In fact, many other countries of the Middle East and North Africa were also affected by this domino effect. Citizens of the Arab world were no longer afraid to speak up and stand up for their rights which had long been taken away from them by their rulers. This thesis seeks to examine a new paradigm of information and sourcing which introduced new actors and tools to the political arena. The main goal of this study is to examine the role of social media in the Arab Spring specifically in the revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt. Two case studies will be analyzed in depth: Tunisia and Egypt, which were the first two countries to have started a revolution and have succeeded in overthrowing their rulers. The main findings this thesis seeks to demonstrate are that social media did not cause the Arab spring, however it provided accelerating and limitless tools that helped the people plan the revolutions, connect and share the truth with the outside world, and it also allowed normal citizens to become journalists.N/A1 hard copy: viii, 93 leaves; 31 cm. available at RNL.Bibliography: leaves 85-93.Lebanese American University2015-09-09T10:19:22Z2015-09-09T10:19:22Z20152015-09-092015-04-28Thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesishttp://hdl.handle.net/10725/2126https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2015.17eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/21262020-11-20T08:43:22Z
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Ghazzaoui, Sariah Mosbah
Social media -- Political aspects -- Egypt
Social media -- Political aspects -- Tunisia
Social media -- Political aspects -- Arab countries
Arab Spring, 2010- -- Influence
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
status_str publishedVersion
title Social media and uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (c2015)
title_full Social media and uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (c2015)
title_fullStr Social media and uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (c2015)
title_full_unstemmed Social media and uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (c2015)
title_short Social media and uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (c2015)
title_sort Social media and uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. (c2015)
topic Social media -- Political aspects -- Egypt
Social media -- Political aspects -- Tunisia
Social media -- Political aspects -- Arab countries
Arab Spring, 2010- -- Influence
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
url http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2126
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2015.17