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The Impact Of Social Networks And Mobile Technologies On The Revolutions In The Arab World - A Study Of Egypt And Tunisia, Alana Maurushat, Mohamed Chawki, Hadeel Al-Alosi, Yassin El Shazly

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)

Revolts in Tunisia and Egypt have led many observers to speak of the “first digital revolution” in the Arab world. Social media sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, are now recognised as the important tools that facilitated the “Jasmine Revolution”. In fact, the willingness of the Mubarak government to block all internet connection in Egypt has demonstrated the concern over the power of new technologies in facilitating political change. The tenacity of the social movements that are still on-going in the Arab world continues to demonstrate the important role that networked technologies—such as the internet, satellite channels and social networking …