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1
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what example did Kirkpatrick 2010 give on social media causing major social movements?>

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‘The Facebook Effect’

2
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what is the Facebook effect?

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FB acts as a catalyst and helped 10m ppl in street demonstations that stopped vio and kidnapping in Colombia

3
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give 4 reasons how new forms of digital communication mobilise social change?

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Groups can speak out to wide range of people
Immediate communication with others which can prepare them
News can be told without bias
Offers people to speak out against the regime

4
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how was social media previously in the Middle East?

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media limited to the social elite

media restricted by the state

5
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why was media restricted by the state in the Middle East previously?

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rulers didn’t want western ideas to damage traditional ones

6
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however, in 2011 what happened in the Middle East?

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FB, twitter and YouTube were important role to play in revolution

7
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why is it difficult for sociologists to study the influence of social media?

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as it is private and there isn’t ways to record interactions that take place online

8
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Through information being spread online, what were people in Egypt able to do?

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internet activists were able to establish networks of resistance

9
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the internet in Egypt allowed…

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people a place to voice their anxieties and feelings

10
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what do regimes in Egypt and Syria use their communication tools for…

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protecting their own interests and counter the activists efforts to expose them

11
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how do regimes in Egypt and Syria protect their own interests?

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through state owned media and new media tools

12
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how does digital communication lead to cultural homogenisation?

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capitalist ideology spread
patriarchal ideology spread
secular ideas spread
increased individualism

13
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who says digital communication not lead to cultural homogenisation?

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Mohammadi
Giddens
Big western comapnies and traditional relligious groups

14
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what does Mohammadi say?

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western dominance is exaggerated and ignores the interactions that occur between different cultures

15
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what does Giddens say?

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‘reverse colonisation’

16
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what is ‘reverse colonisation’ and who was it found by?

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Giddens and it is where less powerful groups put their culture on the western world

17
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what did big western companies and traditional religious groups do?

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big western companies take local practices into account to make sure their companies grow and succeed
traditional religious groups use the internet to protect their culture and views to gain support

18
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what is said about digital communication and identity?

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people have range of resources to develop identity, they don’t need to stick with what they have been given

19
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what allows people to mask identity on the internet?

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social networks and chat rooms allow people to adopt multiple online personalities

20
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people’s ____ identity can overlap and have…

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online identity can overlap with their offline lives which can have positive and negative effects