What is the role of media in ""Arab Spring"" ?
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Answer:
Social media played a significant role facilitating communication and interaction among participants of political protests. Protesters used social media to organize demonstrations (both pro- and anti-governmental), disseminate information about their activities, and raise local and global awareness of ongoing events.
Answer:
Media played a critical role in "mobilization, empowerment, shaping opinions, and influencing change" during the Arab Spring.
Explanation:
> The social media was used by active protestants to create huge mobs in the streets.
> The people used media as a way to communicate with the mass, create awareness in the local as well as in the globe.
> In Syria a "hacktivist" group was made for opposing cyber attacks against the political opposition and as well as the news websites.
> Facebook, was actively used by the protestants to show their protests and appeal to the people,in countries like Egypt ,Tunisia etc. And the usage of it grew rapidly in countries like Yemen and Syria where there was a little usage of it but there are some exceptions like Libya where there were no usage or little usage of various local problems.
> Thus media or the social media had a great role in the "Arab Spring" by the means of communication.
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