Women and the media revolution: one of the bases of revolts and change in the Arab world

Authors

  • José María Perceval Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - España
  • Núria Simelio i Solà Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18002/cg.v0i6.3771

Keywords:

mujeres activistas, revueltas árabes, mujeres en el mundo árabe, redes sociales, medios de comunicación árabes

Abstract

This article analyses the women‟s role in the Arab revolutions, specifically in Tunisia and Egypt, from latest 2010 to early 2011. The process of social and political change that has been driven by youth men and women, who demanded a democratic system, can‟t be understood without taking into account the substantial feminine participation on the protests. The unprecedented number of women who participated in the preparation, organization and carrying out of this process, was possible thanks to the media changes of the last five years. This article explains how the change of the women‟s image has been a deciding factor in this newly implication of the Arab women in the social revolutions. This transformation was generated on the traditional mainstream media (entertainment programmes and the shows), on the information from the satellite televisions and essentially on the social networking and the blogs that have completely changed the media system of the Arabic World.

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Published

2011-12-15

How to Cite

Perceval, J. M. and Simelio i Solà, N. (2011) “Women and the media revolution: one of the bases of revolts and change in the Arab world”, Cuestiones de género: de la igualdad y la diferencia, (6), pp. 227–238. doi: 10.18002/cg.v0i6.3771.

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