Arab Youth

2015 ◽  
pp. 591-608
Author(s):  
Linda Herrera ◽  
Abdelrahman Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Overwhelming Majority ◽  
Arab Uprisings ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The Status ◽  
Passive Strategies ◽  
Arab States

This chapter examines Arab youth from within the historic backdrop of the Arab uprisings that engulfed more than half of the Arab states. Millions of people, the overwhelming majority of them born between the 1980s and 2000s, took to streets, schools, and social media, with demands for change. Within a short period, they were met with counterrevolutions, and a period of instability. Among the questions posed for contemplation at this historical juncture are: are the youth who crystallized into the generation of the uprisings causing a disruption to the prevailing order, and if so, in what direction? What are the active and passive strategies young people are pursuing to unsettle the status quo and for what kind of alternative order? We address these questions through a focus on two areas: education and schooling; and virtual communities.

Critical International Relations Theories and the Study of Arab Uprisings: A Critique

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-150
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abozaid
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Other ◽  
Arab Uprisings ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
Western Perspective

This study articulates that most of the critical theorists are still strikingly neglecting the study of the Arab Uprising(s) adequately. After almost a decade of the eruption of the so-called Arab Uprisings, the study claims that the volume of scholarly engaging of dominate Western International Relations (IR) theories with such unprecedented events is still substantially unpretentious. Likewise, and most importantly, the study also indicates that most of these theories, including the critical theory of IR (both Frankfurt and Habermasian versions), have discussed, engaged, analysed, and interpreted the Arab Spring (a term usually perceived to be orientalist, troubling, totally inappropriate and passive phenomenon) indicate a strong and durable egoistic Western perspective that emphasis on the preservation of the status quo and ensure the interests of Western and neoliberal elites, and the robustness of counter-revolutionary regimes. On the other hand, the writings and scholarships that reflexively engaged and represent the authentic Arab views, interests, and prospects were clearly demonstrating a strong and durable scarce, if not entirely missing. Keywords: International Relations, Critical Theory, Postcolonial, Arab Uprising(s), Middle East, Revolutions.

The United Arab Emirates will monitor internet closely

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Brands ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
The Status ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Government ◽  
In Transit

Subject Importance of social media in the United Arab Emirates. Significance The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is among the most connected countries in the Middle East, with one of the highest rates of social media penetration. Compared with Western countries, UAE consumers are more likely to engage with brands and to be less worried about issues of privacy and tracking. The government engages in extensive monitoring, surveillance and censorship of social media and apps. Impacts Both global brands and local businesses have additional scope to develop social media strategies to capitalise on rising usage. Content with the status quo and tight monitoring will prevent activists from leveraging social media platforms to bring about change. Extraterritorial aspects of the cybercrime law could be applied to non-residents and travellers in transit. Non-renewal of visas could become a more common, low-profile way to exclude expatriates who transgress on social media.

Iran’s women’s rights movement will be contested

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Women's Movement ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Negative Reaction ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Status ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
Police Enforcement

Significance Although this remains against the law, he said police enforcement could lead to a "wide-scale negative reaction". An ongoing Iranian conversation about economic and political women’s rights has gained more attention since 2017, through the global #metoo movement. Impacts Gradual changes to social realities are more likely than revised legislation on women’s rights. Social media will be the dominant method of spreading the Iranian feminist agenda. Momentum created by economic discontent could be used by the women’s movement to question the status quo.

Social Media, who Cares? A Dialogue between a Millennial and a Curmudgeon

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (14) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Frank ◽  
Kaitlin T. Torphy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Group Meeting ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Status ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Data Artifact ◽  
Broad Understanding

This is a dialogue between a curmudgeon and a millennial regarding the import of social media for education and for educational research. The dialogue emerged out of conversations the authors have had with policy makers, researchers, and practitioners over the last three years regarding the impact of social media on education (see teachersinsocialmedia.org). It was presented in the context of Kenneth Frank's research group meeting January 4, 2018. The topics covered include a broad understanding about what social media are and how they relate to teaching and curriculum; understanding about social media as a data artifact; a discussion about how social media platforms shape the interactions of participants; the quality of resources available on social media; why teachers engage in using social media; the lack of research on social media; and how social media may give teachers more power relative to the status quo. We invite you to follow along as these topics emerge in the authentic flow of a conversation. There are opportunities for reader participation on Twitter.

Newspaper Confessions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Golia
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Online Communities ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Chat Rooms ◽  
Newspaper Industry ◽  
History Of ◽  
Virtual Interactions

Newspaper Confessions chronicles the history of the newspaper advice column, a genre that has shaped Americans’ relationships with media, their experiences with popular therapy, and their virtual interactions across generations. Emerging in the 1890s, advice columns became unprecedented virtual forums where readers could debate the most resonant cultural crises of the day with strangers in an anonymous yet public forum. The columns are important—and overlooked—precursors to today’s digital culture: forums, social media groups, chat rooms, and other online communities that define how present-day American communicate with each other. This book charts the rise of the advice column and its impact on the newspaper industry. It analyzes the advice given in a diverse sample of columns across several decades, emphasizing the ways that advice columnists framed their counsel as modern, yet upheld the racial and gendered status quo of the day. It shows how advice columnists were forerunners to the modern celebrity journalist, while also serving as educators to audience of millions. This book includes in-depth case studies of specific columns, demonstrating how these forums transformed into active and participatory virtual communities of confession, advice, debate, and empathy.

scholarly journals EDITORS’ NOTE

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Seventh Edition ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Sense Of Satisfaction ◽  
The University

A sense of satisfaction is felt in presenting the seventh edition of the Pretoria Student Law Review. With each successive edition, the Review comes ever closer to being infused into the heritage and culture of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria. Thereby, cementing into legacy a dialogical space for the expression of young people — some being future lawyers, advocates and academics — a space that challenges the status quo. As a consequence, the Review, as a true creature of education, may bring about positive change in the world.

scholarly journals Áhrif orðalags á svör við spurningum Stjórnlagaráðs

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-216
Author(s):  
Vaka Vésteinsdóttir ◽  
Ragnhildur Lilja Ásgeirsdóttir ◽  
Vera Óðinsdóttir ◽  
Snæfríður Birta Björgvinsdóttir ◽  
Helena Ólafsdóttir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
University Student ◽  
Web Survey ◽  
Cognitive Interviews ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Consistent Manner ◽  
The University

The focus of this study was to evaluate the questions used in the advisory referendum on the proposals for a new Icelandic constitution by the Constitutional Council on October 20, 2012. Cognitive interviews (N=60) were used to evaluate if the questions are understood in a consistent manner. Two survey experiments were conducted where three different versions of the questions were used; a) the original version, b) a version estimating the effect of status quo on responses, and finally c) a version where the prefix “are you opposed” was used instead of the prefix “would you like” used in the original questions. A web survey was conducted using both a sample of university students (n=209) and a social media sample (n=528). The first hypothesis was that people would be more likely to agree with the status quo when the question did not involve change. The second hypothesis was that people would be less likely to agree with a cause by disagreeing with a negatively worded question (“are you opposed”) than agreeing with a positively worded question (“would you like”). The results indicated that a status quo effect on responses was found in two questions in the university student sample and three questions in the social media sample and an effect of using a negatively worded prefix was found in two question in the social media sample but not in the university student sample.

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