The growing impact of new media around the world has been the subject of study by scores
of scientists in multidisciplinary fields. Satellite TV and the Internet have been viewed as …

The role that social media could play in engaging people in the democratic process has
recently gained more attention following the series of mass protests and revolutions that has …

There is no doubt that social media has played, and are still playing, a crucial role in the
calls for political change that have swept the Arab region. However, their role as catalysts for …

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 …

Following the Arab Spring, the use of social media has become instrumental in organising
activist movements and spreading political dissent in the Middle East. New online …

Social media, particularly blogging, Facebook and Twitter, have played a key role in
instigating, accelerating and even organizing some of the uprisings and revolutions that …

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 …

In 2011, the international community watched as a shockingly unlikely community of citizens
toppled three of the world's most entrenched dictators: Ben Ali in Tunisia, Mubarak in Egypt …

The proliferation of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, presents new,
powerful communication tools capable of influencing political opinions and policy decisions …

To deepen our understanding of the relationship between social media and political change
during the Egyptian uprising of early 2011, events in Tahrir Square must be situated in a …