CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Bouchkouj, Bouchra |
|---|---|
| Title | From Civil Movement to Civil War: Social Networks and Their Role In Facilitating the Rise and Fall of the Syrian Revolution |
| Summary | Despite the successes and failures of the MENA region revolutions, they all share one common denominator: the use of social networking platforms to further their respective agendas. Furthermore, social networking platforms were used by the moderate opposition, the Muslim extremists, and the government regimes during the conflicts to further their respective agendas and yield outcomes on the ground. In the case of the Syrian Revolution, the use of social networks could be initially traced to the social networks which existed long before the events started taking place. Subsequently, the Syrian regime as well as extremist Islamist groups followed suit and established robust social networks online and they consequently influenced events and subsequent results on the ground. Thus, the overall theme of the following thesis will revolve around the subsequent research question: How did social networks facilitate the rise and fall of the Syrian Revolution? |
| Supervisor | Sitter, Nick; Pareja, Pablo |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/bouchkouj_bouchra.pdf |
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