Однос друштвених мрежа и грађанске партиципације на примјеру “Арапског прољећа”
The Relationship between Social Networks and Citizen Participation on the Example of the “Arab Spring”
Author(s): Aleksandar VranješSubject(s): Media studies, Civil Society, Theory of Communication, Social development, Social Informatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci
Keywords: social networks; participation; Arab Spring; Gene Sharp; modern revolutions; information and communication technologies; digital technologies;
Summary/Abstract: Modern revolutions in the Arab world opened up discussions all over the planet, concerning the role of modern information and communication technologies (ICT) in their initiation, conduct, coordination, etc. Certain authors have gone a step further, almost giving the digital technologies a role of demiurge of the new world in which equal interlocutors in all meridians make decisions on the most important segments of their lives, and if a non-democratic government decides to curb the freedom it is enough to go online and start a revolution with a click of the mouse. The aim of this paper is to look at the cause and effect relationships in the ICT – participation – democracy triangle, and thus to try to determine the value and role of new technologies in social processes. The example of “Arab Spring” is certainly the most popular one, especially since it raises the question whether revolutions would happen at all if there was no Internet, which means that it can serve as a good case study for this paper.
Journal: Politeia - Naučni časopis Fakulteta političkih nauka u Banjoj Luci za društvena pitanja
- Issue Year: 3/2013
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 111-119
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Serbian