The Social Mobilization Role Of Social Media In The Arab Spring

Since the beginning of the 21 st century,the technological revolution brought by Internet technology has brought profound changes to the development of politics,economy and security in the world.International relations have also made new changes due to the information revolution.With the development of science and technology,the emergence of social media,not only in daily life has played an important role,but also the development of global politics as an important carrier and information media,forming a strong social mobilization.As an important part of international relations in the Middle East,the same inevitably affected by the impact of social media.At the end of 2010,a sudden political movement swept across the Middle East.Western media called "the Arab Spring" or "Arab awakening".This is a slogan of "socialism" and "improvement of the economy" as a social movement,in the Middle East countries,bloodshed and even civil war,a number of high-ranking political forces in the Middle East have stepped down.It is worth noting that this bottom-up political movement was initiated by relying on Internet-based social new media for tandem and promotion.Studies have shown that social media played at least in the Arab Spring as an organization tool for protests,as an important platform for citizens' emotional excitement,and to extend the protest to regional or even global roles.However,technology has always been neutral,it does not have any political tendencies.After a deeper inquiry,social media has played a vital role in promoting the "Arab Spring" movement,while its application is difficult to help the revolutionaries reach the ultimate goal of the revolution-to promote the process of democratization.But it can not be ignored that social media is giving the world a new perspective on political events,and it is increasingly becoming a new norm for state rulers.Therefore,in the context of the global information technology revolution,how to use the network of new media to correctly guide public opinion to maintain national stability,how to improve the national network security,the development of national information security strategy to prevent foreign forces penetration,it is particularly important,this is also the Research value and significance.