Tweeting like a Pigeon: The Internet in the Arab Revolutions

Tweeting like a Pigeon: The Internet in the Arab Revolutions

Tweeting like a Pigeon: The Internet in the Arab Revolutions
Miriyam Aouragh Comment The extraordinary uprisings since December 2010 represented the long-prepared transformation from fatalism to people power. The online–offline dialectic allowed the revolution to be mediated with global ramifications - from Wisconsin to Barcelona to Athens. This techno-social nexus forms a crucial element of the overall push and pull factors and this contribution reassess the "Net Worth" from a critical perspective. The fetishizing flora and fauna labels…