Open AccessMedia Sosial dan Revolusi Politik: Memahami Kembali Fenomena “Arab Spring” dalam Perspektif Ruang Publik Transnasional
Author(s) -
Ahmad Rizky Mardhatillah Umar,
Arief Darmawan,
Faela Sufa,
Gebyar Lintang Ndadari
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jurnal ilmu sosial dan ilmu politik/jsp (jurnal ilmu sosial dan ilmu politik)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2502-7883
pISSN - 1410-4946
DOI - 10.22146/jsp.13130
Subject(s) - middle east , social revolution , public sphere , civil society , political science , democracy , social media , social movement , media studies , sociology , gender studies , political economy , economic history , law , politics , history
This paper aims to analyze some linkages between revolution, public sphere, and transnational activism through social media in the Middle East. A revolution in Tunisia in 2011 became an international issue aft er the revolution spreaded to other states in the region. Aft er Tunisia, protest movements began to ignite in Egypt, Libya, Yemen,and Jordania. This wave of revolution comes into a public discourse: what causes this movement? How coulda revolution in one country inspire another revolution in another country? To answer these questions, weanalyze the role of social media as a “bridge” to connect activists in the Middle East to make a revolution. Weconclude that transnational activism was formed by routine and massive reports from media which explainedwhat hadhappened in the Middle East during the revolution. The reports were followed by a spread of the ideaof democracy and civil rights through social media. As a consequence, revolution took place in several othercountries whose socio-cultural tradition are similar to that of Tunisia.