Science and Technology

In this essay I examined whether the internet expands contemporary public life and if it has emerged as a dominant interactive medium. I used Habermas’s idea of public sphere. Given the ability of people to connect with others around the globe through the Internet as discussed, my case study reveals some points: The internet is a dominant tool in public life secondly, Facebook worked well as a place to organise meetings between activist in Tunisia and Egypt.

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I argue that these digital tools are simply, well, tools, and social change continues to involve many painstaking, longer-term efforts to engage with political institutions and reform movements. It’s been extremely entertaining to watch– adherents of the view that digital tools of social networking such as Facebook and Twitter can summon up social revolutions, that the internet can be an effective tool for political change when used by grassroots organisations (as opposed to atomised individuals).

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People can get the information without having to go out of their way (Neil,2010). You can bump into it on Facebook without having to go to a specific website. In my experience, in just a short period of time it has really changed things and transformed life.

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Comments, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, among mobile technology, are recording critical events fuelling and organizing dissenters in Tunisia, Egypt and other Arab countries. The social network gives people a way to express themselves and have their voice heard by governments and dictators   this was not so before. However, I think Facebook gets too much credit for these things. Though the protests came together largely through informal online networks, their success has also raised questions about whether a new opposition movement has formed that could challenge whatever new government takes shape.

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However, I pointed out that the internet also has huge challenges in the Middle East. It is notable  that many of the calls to protest in the Arab region were initially made on Facebook, The author, who was raised in Tunisia and Egypt, said the social networking sites had provided a vital means of communication for protesters in the Middle East but their importance should not be exaggerated.

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Facebook’s role in the “Arab Spring” revolutions has been overplayed. Face book had played a key role in documenting events in Arab spring. In addition to its impact during the protests, Facebook and Twitter continue to play a prominent roles documenting political upheaval.

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