Social Media RevolutionBy Ryan Adams

Social media in the Middle East

Iran election ProtestsAlso known as the Green Revolution and

Facebook Revolution.2009-2010 presidential electionsBeginning of social media grassroots

movement

Internet Censorship and disruption in Iran

Tunisia Protests started with self-immolation of

Mohamed Bouazizi on December 17, 201028 days later, President Zine Al Abidine Ben

Ali fled to Saudi Arabia.

Use of Social Media in TunisiaThe use of facebook

and Twitter made it possible for protesters to communicate.

Government censorship and monitoring of these pages made it difficult due to fear of being arrested.

Nawaat.org

Government Blocking Websites

Egypt RevolutionJanuary 25, 2011 revolutionDemonstrations, marches, plaza occupations,

non-violent civil resistance, and labor strikes.Hosni Mubarak regime

How Social media is used

Khaled SaidFacebook page created by

Google marketing executive Wael Ghonim.

Ghonim created page after he saw image of a man beaten to death by police for speaking out against corruption.

The Facebook memorial became Egypt's biggest page for the revolution with hundreds of thousands of followers.

Khaled Said (cont.)

Internet BlackoutIn an effort to stop

the mobilization of protesters, the government blocked Twitter and Facebook on the 25th and 26th of January 2011

On the 28th all internet traffic both in and out of Egypt was stopped

Blackout solutionAs a result of the

Internet going dark in Egypt; Google, Twitter and SayNow came together and developed a system in which Egyptians could still post tweets.

Twitter UsageWhen the protests

started in Egypt some of the most used hash tags were #jan25, #Egypt, #Tahrir, and #Mubarak

Internet Restriction

Recent Event in Saudi Arabia

Social media Revolution spreads

Facebook Users in Middle East and North Africa

Syrian Youtube Journalism

Analysis and Conclusion Social media has played a huge role in

societies and cultures around the world.Social medias role and impact in the U.S. is a

lot different then its role in other countries around the world.

Social media has helped bring change to people who have been oppressed by governments for many years.

Social media has made it possible for the world to be connected as one.

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