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Role of the New Media in the Arab Spring
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In this paper, the role of the new media in the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is examined in light of the absence of an open media and a civil society.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. Este articulo examina el papel de los nuevos medios en ‘la primavera arabe’ en la region del Medio Oriente y ...read more
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