What Are The Causes And Effect Of The Arab Spring?

In his article “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted”, published in the New York Times on October 2010, Malcolm Gladwell looks closely into the notion of social change and the different means to achieve it. He makes a clear distinction between traditional activism, which implies sacrifices and physical devotion, and current activism, based on social networks. The writer considers that “social media can’t provide what social change has always required” (Gladwell, paragraph 1).

Does social media “shrink the world” by bringing us closer together? In his article Small Change, Malcom Gladwell asserts that social media might be connecting more people, but the bonds it forms allow us to stay comfortably separate and avoid impacting meaningful social reform. Gladwell makes it apparent that he believes social media and revolutions are unsuited for each other. His article, written just two months before the beginning of the Arab Spring, was written in response to what some contemporaries have dubbed, “The Twitter Revolution” in Moldova. This revolution, as well as another in Iran, was heralded as examples of the merits of social media, with some even nominating Twitter for the Nobel Peace Prize due to their belief that Twitter had played a major role in these uprisings. Gladwell writes against a sentiment of righteousness and accomplishment that advocates of social media maintain in an attempt to convince people that the true motivation behind social change is conviction. He raises the point that while it is exceedingly easy for someone to join a cause, such as hitting a ‘like’ button, it is far more effortless for them to quit. This sentiment seems to be fueled mostly by opinion, looking only at how social media did not cause revolutions and avoiding analysis regarding how

During the 2011 Egypt uprising protesters gained support through social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to help end poverty and unemployment in which they were experiencing at the time. This major flow of support from across the world helped strengthen the protesters cause and led to an eventual victory in Egypt (Brym 2014).

Another reason why the arab spring occurred was because of unemployment. Due to the significant rise in population over the years, and government’s inability to create jobs, many grew frustrated and poor as a result of these conditions. The middle east has also had a very unstable political groups constantly taking over power. From religious extremists groups to leftists groups. Because of the common land that all endured political instability, many revolutionists from all over the Middle East were able to unite on certain common ideology and citations. Needles to say, the unemployment that overwhelmed the middle east was able to unite upset civilians all over the arab world which is why the Arab Spring was as great as it was.

The arab spring was a revolutionary wave of protests. The first conflict was the tunisian revolution inspired by a man who committed suicide because the corrupt government had taken everything from him. The conflict inspired more countries to rebel against their corrupt governments and create a new orderly system.

Being tasked with creating a project that addressed any topic related to the Arab world can be a daunting assignment. Nevertheless, my group was able to create a unique project that highlighted a monumental string of events that shaped the Arab world as we see it today. The topic decided upon was the Arab Spring in Egypt, specifically looking at how Facebook existed in its timeframe as a mechanism for collaboration and action toward a revolution and regime change. Together, we set to understand the Egyptian revolution beginning in 2010 in tangible terms that could be communicated to the average student, which we thought, was best done through a simplified simulation of how Facebook was used as a major tool and function. In order to

A revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests (both violent and non-violent), riots, and civil wars in the Arab World that began on 18 December 2010, later gained the heading “The Arab spring”. The Arab spring began by a twenty six year old boy named Mohammed Bouazizi was getting ready to sell fruits and vegetables in a rural town of Sidi Bouzid Tunisia. Bouazizi was the primary supporter for his widowed mother and six of his siblings. The entire incident originated when the police officer asked bouazizi to hand over his wooden cart, he refused the police women allegedly slapped him after being publicly humiliated bouazizi marched in front of a government building and set himself on fire. The Jasmine revolution in Tunisia, the shock wave swept across the country which threatened the stability of this oil-rich region with repercussion felt internationally. After the world witnessed what happened in Tunisia, it caused a spilled over into most of the Arab countries. Such as Egypt, Libya Syria and Yemen. Aim of this paper is to show that the current situation corollary of decades of failed policies, exacerbated by an unsolicited foreign intervention. The extensive consequences, I will argue, require cautious attention and careful management from international communities as well as the Arab human rights committee. This paper seeks to explore the profound causes that prompted the so called “Arab awakening” and the covert hidden agenda behind the sudden pro democratic

In late 2010, a tidal wave of uprisings and protests in various parts of the Arab world emerged. It began with the Tunisian revolution when the martyr Mahmoud Bouazizi set fire to himself as a result of the deteriorating economic and social. This led to protests and demonstrations that ended with the fall of the ruling regime. In Tunisia which sparked the beginning of revolutions in many Arab countries, this is known as an Arab Spring. The question remains what are the real reasons that led to the Arab Spring and its effects? the causes of the Arabic spring May be varied, depending on the places, however the reasons can be a corruption in economic policies and demand social justice as the key motives and protests in the Arab world. This essay will discuss the most important reasons, and the effects of what is known as the Arab Spring.

Throughout the last decade, social media has drastically changed the way people interact with others. Websites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have taken the world by storm. It has never been easier to have a conversation with family members, friends, or even strangers who live millions of miles away. Due to the rise of social media, people have become more aware of social issues and have become aware of the world around them. They can easily read the news online or catch up on the latest celebrity drama. Social media improves the way humans communicate because it allows ideas to be spread quickly and efficiently to a global audience.

The Arab Spring and its aftermath has become one of the most influential events of the twenty-first century. The series of revolutions reshaped several governments within the Middle East by outing long reigning dictators that the people had become progressively frustrated with. The Arab Spring both aligns with and contradicts several previous waves of revolution and is truly a twenty-first century conflict because of the role that modern technology played. Through studying the Arab Spring, political scientists have been given a glimpse into what future revolutions might look like, especially in regards to the expanding role of social media.

The Arab Spring and its aftermath have become one of the most influential events of the twenty-first century. The series of revolutions reshaped several governments within the Middle East by outing long reigning dictators that the people had become progressively frustrated with. The Arab Spring both aligns with and contradicts several previous waves of revolution and is truly a twenty-first century conflict because of the role that modern technology played. Through studying the Arab Spring, political scientists have been given a glimpse into what future revolutions might look like, especially in regards to the expanding role of social media.

Five years after the beginning of the ‘Arab Spring’, people are still questioning themselves whether any of the countries involved has had any positive outcome or if they ever will. Comparisons between the similarities and contrasts of the different states emerged with the very first agitations in the areas. Also nowadays, the international community risks to come up with generalised prophecies based on the worst scenarios. In fact, despite the original opposition to the authoritarian rule, common to all the uprisings, we need to be aware of the unique character of each country and, therefore, the consequent different nuances that the protests had and the difficulties faced during the transition from the authoritarian rule.

The Arab Spring is a new term tossed in December 2010, and it covers all kinds of riots, demonstrations and civil wars recently going on in the Arab world. The Arab Spring has established; the power social media can have when applied in social and political scenario. In just a short period of three years, there were changed regimes in four Arab countries (Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen). There were protests and demonstrations in other Arab countries like Bahrain, Syria, Algeria, Iraq, Jordon, Kuwait, Morocco and Sudan. Small scale protests were also held in countries like Mauritania Oman, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Western Sahara, and the Palestinian territories. Sectarian clashes in Lebanon were described as a spillover of violence from the Syrian uprising and hence the regional Arab Spring. Despite the efforts by governments across the Arab countries, to not to allow the protests and demonstration held, effective use of social media has helped to organize protests, communicate with masses and raise awareness among the people. A major slogan of the demonstrators in the Arab world has been to bring down the regimes. In this paper an effort has been made to identify the help provided by social media in Arab spring, reasons for Arab nations going to social media instead of mass media and an analysis on future of social media in Arab world.

One way that technology has helped to raise awareness about political events is through facilitating cyberactivism, using the internet to further a political movement. For example, the article “Role of the New Media in the Arab Spring” by Habibul Haque Khondker explains, “Television networks such as Al Jazeera and Facebook both played a significant role in disseminating information and mobilizing the masses of protestors in Tunisia,” which demonstrates how social media networks can unite people for a common political movement. This aspect of technology and the media is beneficial because it enables people to be connected for a common cause and helps to empower a movement that could not gain similar momentum through slower and less effective conventional media. Social media can potentially establish an interconnectedness between people that strengthens political movements.

Political dissent has long been common in the minds of Middle Easterners. So why is it only in recent years that they are able to take organized action against their oppressive governments? The rise in Middle Eastern political protest is largely due to the rise in popularity of social media websites and the sense of community that they can provide. “The use of social media was important and effective in the Arab Spring revolutions to the extent that citizens were empowered to take action because of the networks that were created” (Davison 8). Social media provided a means by which Middle Eastern dissentients could network and collaborate. This idea delves deeper into the human element associated with a globalized network and the empowering effect that a sense of community provides. Middle Easterners no longer felt isolated, they no longer needed to fear the suppression of their civil rights; social media provided a safe means through which Middle Easterners could express their opinions. “(Social media)… helped protesters hold online discussions and organize and stage popular uprisings” (Frangonikolopoulos 1). Middle Easterners now had access to the tools necessary to unify against their governments because of social media. Through social media, they could form networks of support and could inform the western world, in real time, how