This article examines the role played by social media in the popular uprisings across the
Middle East and North Africa (MENA). When discussing their role, it is important to note the …

This chapter is an attempt to contribute an African, particularly Southern African, perspective
on the role of social media during the Occupy Grahamstown (South Africa), the 20 July 2011 …

South African social activism re-emerged in the 1990s after a brief lull following the end of
apartheid and the transition to democracy. The revival of social activism emerged against …

In light of the Arab Spring revolutions of early 2011, the Internet and its tools of social media
have been heralded as instrumental in facilitating the uprisings. This dissertation will look …

The paper examines how the efforts of ordinary people in the Arab “street” to move away
with compliance and toleration from authoritarian regimes, also allowed them, once the …

Much attention has been paid to the way protestors of the “Arab Spring” employed social
media to elicit change, and in some cases, revolution (IPL2-News and Information, 2011). As …

Purpose–This aim of this paper is to relate the spread of new information and
communications technology in Arab countries to the mobilization of young Tunisians and …

The purpose of this issue of Media Culture and Society is to discuss the possible role of
social media in the struggle for democracy, against authoritarianism, and over hidden power …

Debates on the relationship between mainstream and social media have sputtered on in the
academy, especially during crisis situations and social protests. Mostly based on conjecture …

Throughout the past decade, social media have come on the scene of various popular
revolts. Their role as tools of information and coordination of social movements, from the …