Blogging Bouazizi: The Role of Cyberactivists Before and After Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution
This article examines the changing role of cyberactivists before and after the Jasmine Revolution through case studies of three prominent figures: Houssem Aoudi (Cogite, Wasaibi), Sami Ben Gharbia (Nawaat.org), and Haythem el Mekki (MosaiqueFM, Attessia TV). The main argument presented here is that...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:523373dfa9764d6d8b11f17b24f20922 2023-05-15T18:12:04+02:00 Blogging Bouazizi: The Role of Cyberactivists Before and After Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution Matt Gordner 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2016.6.3797 https://doaj.org/article/523373dfa9764d6d8b11f17b24f20922 EN FR eng fre Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies http://meta-journal.net/article/view/3797 https://doaj.org/toc/2196-629X 2196-629X doi:10.17192/meta.2016.6.3797 https://doaj.org/article/523373dfa9764d6d8b11f17b24f20922 Middle East : Topics & Arguments, Vol 6, Iss 0, Pp 54-63 (2016) Tunisia Democracy Revolution Activism Social Movement Theory Bouazizi General Works A Social Sciences H article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2016.6.3797 2022-12-31T08:47:50Z This article examines the changing role of cyberactivists before and after the Jasmine Revolution through case studies of three prominent figures: Houssem Aoudi (Cogite, Wasaibi), Sami Ben Gharbia (Nawaat.org), and Haythem el Mekki (MosaiqueFM, Attessia TV). The main argument presented here is that the attainment of freedom of the Internet and the success of the revolt created new opportunities for formal political involvement for the cyberactivists as they transited from dissidents under the Ben Ali regime to citizen-participants of a nascent democratic order. A subsidiary argument is that a new generation of Tunisian leadership came to the fore of Tunisia’s private and public spheres to advance the stated aims of the revolution, including inter alia combating unemployment, securing civil liberties, stemming corruption, and the ever deepening of pro-democracy reforms. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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This article examines the changing role of cyberactivists before and after the Jasmine Revolution through case studies of three prominent figures: Houssem Aoudi (Cogite, Wasaibi), Sami Ben Gharbia (Nawaat.org), and Haythem el Mekki (MosaiqueFM, Attessia TV). The main argument presented here is that the attainment of freedom of the Internet and the success of the revolt created new opportunities for formal political involvement for the cyberactivists as they transited from dissidents under the Ben Ali regime to citizen-participants of a nascent democratic order. A subsidiary argument is that a new generation of Tunisian leadership came to the fore of Tunisia’s private and public spheres to advance the stated aims of the revolution, including inter alia combating unemployment, securing civil liberties, stemming corruption, and the ever deepening of pro-democracy reforms. |
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