a ISSN 1877-0428

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number JC400

b Item number .F76 2013

a Personal name Danju, İpek,

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title From Autocracy to Democracy: The Impact of Social Media on the Transformation Process in North Africa and Middle East

c Statement of responsibility, etc Ipek Danju, Yasar Maasoglu, Nahide Maasoglu

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2013.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Elsevier Ltd,

a Summary, etc Within a short time, a number of North African and Middle Eastern countries have moved from authoritarian regimes to initiate the process of democratic change in what is called the 2011 revolutions or the Arab Spring. These unexpected and unpredicted revolutions were real political surprises in those countries as well as outside the countries. This paper explores the role of social media in the lead up to the uprisings of 2011. On the basis of meta-analysis of published and electronic sources, the paper seeks to argue that social media and social network sites had played a catalytic role in the 2011 revolts in North Africa and Middle East.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Democracy

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element autocracy

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Media

t Title World Congress of Administrative and Political Sciences- ADPOL 2012

t Title Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 81

g Relationship information 2013, p. 678 – 681

x International Standard Serial Number 18770428

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.06.495