Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism

Badreya Al-Jenaibi

Publications

• Research Article
  War and the Worlds and the Promise of Social Media Tools
  Author(s): Badreya Al-JenaibiBadreya Al-Jenaibi
  
  As a result of many years of repressive dictatorships, the people of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) rebelled to bet their claim to democracy. The political uprisings have been commonly referred to as Arab Spring. In light of the uprisings, which started in Tunisia on December 18, 2010, the World Wide Web and its tools of social media were identified as helpful in aiding the uprisings. This study will focus on the role of the social networks such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and weblogs in raising the Arab discourse and voice in the revolutions in four countries in MENA: Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Syria which were extensively revealed to the public and followed by the global community. It will closely examine the extent to which activists in the three countries used social media for organizing and creating awareness of political mobilization, and the role-played by the soc.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7912.1000130

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