Monday, January 24, 2011

E-Revolution


E-Revolution
As we all know and have noticed, the modern world that we all live now has been changing faster than us. The fact that this fast change has been dragging us to a future of open information world wide, worries not only regular citizens that have been doing something wrong, but also big politicians and important celebrities and figures, that find themselves fooled by the magic of the internet. The most recent news were that Tunisia has been running into this transitory government that comes from a corrupt leadership, that has been revealed all over the world now through the internet.
In Tunisia, what is funny to hear is that, a major event like that, has been discussed only via Facebook or Twitter, since any of the Television channels are really relying on commenting, because of the interests that have always been failing throughout these years. The social networks are helping the country to keep its revolution alive, and helping its citizens to understand that, when it comes to technology and the fact that human beings can easily see the real facts just by posting on the internet, makes hard for a corrupt government to keep control of its population, and help to put some corrupt movements out of its power.
According to the article found in the website movements.org called: “ Technology and Revolutions: Did Tunisia End the Debates?” The reason of an explosion on this revolution was the act on the government of confiscating a 26 year old unemployed grad fruit and vegetable cart, making him to kill himself, and generating a major reaction from the population that had been fighting to take the authoritarian president, Zine El Abdine Ben Ali, out of power.
After using the social media networks, countries all over the world started directing their attention to this major problem, that has been kept alive because of the internet. When people have the power of sharing and spreading the news as it goes, it gets harder to lie or get rid of things without being punished. This revolution would be kept silent if this modern world that we all live now was not full of freedom on the internet. Let's now all wait to see what is going to be the next movement to a bigger change for Tunisia on the next days or so. Stay connected to your social media networks, there's always more to come.

1 comment:

  1. Wow, journalist's soul is alive! Kidding. Loved your concision and text organization. Miss ya!

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