Youth and new media power

Sherif Mansour

Youth and New Media Power in the Middle

East

• Real Grievances• Youth purge • Lack of economic opportunities; poverty & unemployment, etc.

• Lack of opportunities for political change • Emergency status; lack of freedoms of association • Weakness of liberal and secular parties • Lack of credible free and fair elections• Lack of alternatives; succession scenarios

New Media Power Enabling Environment

New Media Power Enabling Environment

• Perquisites of Internet activism

• Internet Exposure

• Social Networking Exposure

Internet cafes Blogging movement Facebook movement

New Media Power Advantage

• New Media Alter the meaning of geographic distance • Increases the volume of communication• Increases the speed of communication• Lower cost to engage and participate• Allows for interactive communication

New Media Tactics • Online to street activism • Planning • Coalition building • SMS

New Media Tactics • Wall writings and posters • Arts • Cartoon • Rap music • Video clips

New Media Tactics 

• Decentralization

New Media Tactics 

Dilemma Actions• Voter Rights • Sweeping the mosques • Costal protests

Advantages of New Media

• International Support

Advantages of New Media

• Humor