No one can deny the extensive role social media has had in both the lead-up to and organization of the current protest movements throughout the Middle East region. Often times, in trying to understand how social media has affected the Middle East region, we make the tragic mistake of using Western paradigms of socioeconomic and political [...]
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As we all have witnessed, 2011 has brought with it the boiling point of civil unrest in several autocracies in the North Africa and Middle East regions. Whether it is due to social media being introduced into these populations or just a coincidence is unclear. Although, it is clear that social media has been seen by [...] |
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