2015
DOI: 10.11648/j.hss.20150303.13
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The Impact of Social Media Technologies on the Revolutions

Abstract: Abstract:In this paper, we analyse the impact of social media technology on the Arab spring, and how individuals and communities used Schemata of Interpretation and Human Factor (cause, justification and emotions) to support the uprising throughout the Middle East. Social Media enabled activists from different regions to use technologies to share ideas and tactics, to inspire and engage protesters aspirations and to resonate from rural areas to gather at centrally located points push the momentum. Using social… Show more

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“…There are studies that say that social media is borderless, and brings about a change in society by using the congregation of the masses online. During the pandemic, the faculty used this feature in social media to manage the shift that occurred in the education sector (Al-Abdin & Costello, 2015). Whether we use software, app, or social media, the ultimate goal of teaching is making the students receive the knowledge taught by the teacher (Fenhua & Chenhaw, 2016).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There are studies that say that social media is borderless, and brings about a change in society by using the congregation of the masses online. During the pandemic, the faculty used this feature in social media to manage the shift that occurred in the education sector (Al-Abdin & Costello, 2015). Whether we use software, app, or social media, the ultimate goal of teaching is making the students receive the knowledge taught by the teacher (Fenhua & Chenhaw, 2016).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The emergence of media technology in almost a decade-long cycle is more of an inheritance and abandonment than a revolution (Al-Abdin & Costello, 2015). Its essence is to build an efficiency-oriented value chain or network.…”
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confidence: 99%