Arab spring and Power of Social Media

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kazi Manna Yeasmin Rishu Imran AhsanJhuyena AkterAmir Hossain

Outline1. Term analysis 2. Opening speech 3. Background of Arab Spring4. Political debates in social media during Arab Spring5. Spread democratic ideas across international

boarder6. Power of social media

i. Young people’s role in Arab spring by social mediaii. Women’s role iii. Tunisiaiv. Statistics of blogs and tweets during revolution in Tunisiav. Egypt

Term analysisThe Arab spring is a revolutionary wave of

demonstrations, protests, and wars occurring in the Arab world that began on 18 December 2010 in Tunisia

Social media refers to the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks.[1 Andreas K aplin and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.o, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content.

0pening speech The Arab Spring had many causes. One of these

sources was social media and its power to put a human face on political oppression. Bouazizis self immolation was one of several stories told and retold on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in ways that inspired dissidents to organize protests, criticize their governments, and spread ideas about democracy. Until now, most of what we have known about the role of social media in the Arab Spring has been anecdotal.

Background1. Acceleration of protests

through social media2. Thought of inventors

about their social media 

3. Social media ,the platform of sharing views

Social media played a central role in shaping political debates in The Arab Spring

Social Media plays an integral part in the revolution

I. Demographic conversation in political debate through social media.

II. Social media & creating pressure on governments.

Preceding mass protests by blogs and tweets

Resignation of Ben Ali Statistics of primary

blogs and rally………

Women’ role in Arab Spring

Young people take key leadership in Arab Spring

66 percent of the Internet savvy population in Tunisia, and 70 percent in Egypt, is under the age of 34.

Women’s participation in political conversations.

41 % of Tunisia’s Facebook population is female and 36 percent of Egypt’s Facebook population is female.

Women made up 33 percent of the people actively Tweeting inside Egypt during the revolution.

Ratio of man and women’s participation in revolution

women41%

man59%

Tunisia

Tunisia – From Oppressionto Resistance to Spark forthe RegionIn total, there where 13,262 tweets using the

hastag associated with Tunisian political uprising

18% tweets came from inside Tunisia32% tweets from outside the resignThe day Ben Ali reigned, 2,200 tweets from

Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, and Yemen concerned the uprising in Tunisia.

Gradually this online based revolution spread throughout the Middle East and Arabian countries.

social media helped spread democratic ideas across international borders.Democracy in Egypt and

Tunisia used social media to connect with others outside their countries.

Western news stories about events on the ground.

Spread news about ongoing events throughout the region.

Example………….

Statistics of blogs and tweets during revolution in Tunisia

Egypt – The Freedom MemeSpreads Through SocialNetworks Viral Videos Spread the

Freedom Meme

YouTube and Egyptian uprising

Four major types of content that typified Egyptian viral videos:

I. raw protest and mobilization footage;

II. citizen commentary; political punditry;

III. and “soundtracks for the revolution..”

Raw protest and mobilization footage and 5.5 million views from 23 videos.

Logged Number of Tweets on #egypt, by Location

Finally …Revolution in revolutionBangladesh perspectiveMalala Yousafzai

References 1. N. Howard, Philip, opening closed regimes, University of

Washington.

2. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_recent_changes_to_twitters_terms_of_service_mi.php

3. Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook and World Bank.’s World Development Indicators database. Technology use data from the International Telecommunications Union.

4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring5. http://www.somewhereinblog.net/blog/fahmidulhaqblog

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