The role of social media should not be considered guilty of causing the uprisings mentioned. Since most Arab protesters are young , it is widely thought that they were mobilized by what they were reading in their smartphones.The phantom of information and opinions spreading so fast through the use of online news and social networking is misleading and making certain people think that most protesters are influenced to act in upheavals because of what they read.The information in the social media mentioned could not be real.It is the users who gather all they can, so the credibility of what it is read is doubted. It woud be unreasonable to affirm that the websites motivated the revolutions.
In The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings, the authors claim that social media played a huge part in the organization and communication of Protestant. They also claim that social media was vital in communicating what was happening with nation outside of the Arab world. The argument is convincing, as the author use varied forms of relevant evidence, including well-researched studies and verifiable data. Furthermore, they provide commentary to show how social media, in some examples, works better and faster than traditional news sources.
