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Aralık 20, 2012 tarihine ait yayınlar gösteriliyor

DIGITAL ACTIVISM AND ARAB SPRING

The new media has changed the systems of communication of people, companies and groups. It also has changed the forms of communication of activist groups. This has caused the two notions called “digital activism” and “citizen journalism” to turn out. Internet which has integrated itself to our social and economical life and created a bound between the world and us also represents an area in activist movements. With the help of Internet, people are able to gather into groups according to their views and react together. The birth of digital activism befits the birth of Internet. The information and communication Technologies and the Networks that are created with these tools are used for different activists purposes are spreading over a wider area. Digital activism is diversified with web 2.0 which is the second- generation Internet services and which brings the user experience out. For example, wikipedia, youtube, facebook are those kinds of sites. Social Networks have succeed i