Arab spring - social media

Question 1

what

Answer 1

• anti government protests and rebellions across Arab countries
• 2010s
• started in Tunisia due to corruption and inflation
• leaders overthrown causing social violence and civil wars
• violent response from authorities

Question 2

social medias role

Answer 2

• use of social media platforms more than doubled over uprisings
• organisation and collective activism
• “digital democracy”
• twitter and Facebook played large roles
• 9/10 Egyptians and Tunisians said on poll that they used them to organise protests and spread awareness
• spread awareness of police brutality and situation to rest of world
• hard for leaders to control without completely cutting internet