Communication Theories Applied to Recent Risings in the Middle East
MCM 225 Research paper
MCM 225
Dr. Ralph D. Berenger
Communication theories applied to recent risings in the Middle East
Fatima Yaseen, Mohamed Alesayi, Shahd Anis
Introduction:
In the recent few years people from across the Arab world have chose to show their voice against the oppression that they endured for decades. Events that filled us with hope and despair, pride and pain. Many good, honest, defenseless, men, women, and children where were put through so much for the fall of the vile few. Puppeteers sitting on their gem encrusted thrones as their loyal, stringed, cold, wooden henchmen paint the streets with fear as they leave their humanities safely preserved back at their homes. Luckily, though many people have sacrificed the unthinkable for the sake of the cause, the loathsome monsters were dragged down to the floor as every person they oppressed clinches on their snug, pressed, clean presidential attire and pulls with whatever strength the people have left that was not striped out of them. As they inevitably lose their titles in due time, people across the world gather to watch in suspense, cheering, hoping, imagining a world where they would cease to have power over the weak.
Due to many misconceptions of the uprisings in the Middle East, or as some like to call it the Arab Spring, many believe that social media is the main cause behind the uprisings. As the events started to happen, they resulted in unstable environments for the reporters to attend and gather information, as well as the local channels neglected to share those events, so they turned to the next best thing, social media. We live in a communication era, and with mobile phone being able to record, stream, and send information instantly from anywhere, an act known as Mobilization, people could not help but share the horrid events. Mobilization is not the main reason behind the Arab Spring even though it played a major role in spreading awareness about the protests and the
MCM 225
Dr. Ralph D. Berenger
Communication theories applied to recent risings in the Middle East
Fatima Yaseen, Mohamed Alesayi, Shahd Anis
Introduction:
In the recent few years people from across the Arab world have chose to show their voice against the oppression that they endured for decades. Events that filled us with hope and despair, pride and pain. Many good, honest, defenseless, men, women, and children where were put through so much for the fall of the vile few. Puppeteers sitting on their gem encrusted thrones as their loyal, stringed, cold, wooden henchmen paint the streets with fear as they leave their humanities safely preserved back at their homes. Luckily, though many people have sacrificed the unthinkable for the sake of the cause, the loathsome monsters were dragged down to the floor as every person they oppressed clinches on their snug, pressed, clean presidential attire and pulls with whatever strength the people have left that was not striped out of them. As they inevitably lose their titles in due time, people across the world gather to watch in suspense, cheering, hoping, imagining a world where they would cease to have power over the weak.
Due to many misconceptions of the uprisings in the Middle East, or as some like to call it the Arab Spring, many believe that social media is the main cause behind the uprisings. As the events started to happen, they resulted in unstable environments for the reporters to attend and gather information, as well as the local channels neglected to share those events, so they turned to the next best thing, social media. We live in a communication era, and with mobile phone being able to record, stream, and send information instantly from anywhere, an act known as Mobilization, people could not help but share the horrid events. Mobilization is not the main reason behind the Arab Spring even though it played a major role in spreading awareness about the protests and the