Internet, protest movements and the Arab Spring

Authors
  • Zheltov V.V.

    Kemerovo State University
    Russia. Kemerovo

  • Zheltov M.V.

    Kemerovo State University
    Russia. Kemerovo

Abstract

The article reveals the role of the newest means of communication in the revolutions in North Africa and in the Middle East, describes the color revolutions as harbingers of the Arab Spring, highlights the technological aspect of protest movements in the Arab world.

Keywords: the Arab Spring, Arab revolutions, color revolutions, Internet, social networks, means of communication, protest movements.