youth and new media power
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A top presentation on how social media and technology played a major role in the Arab Spring. Presented by Sherif Mansour, Senior Program Officer at Freedom House at an ISOC-DC Panel Discussion on Feb 22, 2102TRANSCRIPT
Sherif Mansour
Youth and New Media Power in the Middle
East
• Real Grievances• Youth purge • Lack of economic opportunities; poverty & unemployment, etc.
• Lack of opportunities for political change • Emergency status; lack of freedoms of association • Weakness of liberal and secular parties • Lack of credible free and fair elections• Lack of alternatives; succession scenarios
New Media Power Enabling Environment
New Media Power Enabling Environment
• Perquisites of Internet activism
• Internet Exposure
• Social Networking Exposure
Internet cafes Blogging movement Facebook movement
New Media Power Advantage
• New Media Alter the meaning of geographic distance • Increases the volume of communication• Increases the speed of communication• Lower cost to engage and participate• Allows for interactive communication
New Media Tactics • Online to street activism • Planning • Coalition building • SMS
New Media Tactics • Wall writings and posters • Arts • Cartoon • Rap music • Video clips
New Media Tactics
• Decentralization
New Media Tactics
Dilemma Actions• Voter Rights • Sweeping the mosques • Costal protests
Advantages of New Media
• International Support
Advantages of New Media
• Humor