Comic strip blog 1

This blog will focus on our comic strip created for question 2. We created a comic to demonstrate social media's impact on the revolutions of the Arab Spring. Our comic focused on how websites such as Facebook, twitter, and youtube have impacted some of the Revolutions. The comic was two people having a conversation, where the first person had very little knowledge of the revolutions that had occurred in Tunisia and Iran, and the second person had been researching the events that had happened. The article, "The first Twitter Revolution?," discussed how twitter, Facebook, and Youtube had impacts on the revolution in Tunisia that eventually forced leader Ben Ali to resign at the end of his term.  This was the focus of our comic strip because this was a concrete example of how the internet could have impacted the people. The government in Tunisia is very strict in its control of the internet. Tunisia is also a very technologically advanced country according to the article. This means that while the government may have strict control over the internet, the people of Tunisia are also tech savvy enough to find a way around the censors. The article stated that pictures made it through Facebook without being censored, sparking the uprising. The protest gained momentum through Youtube videos and twitter,  where events were coordinated among other people through the site. In this case,  Ben Ali actually loosened the rains on the  Our comic strip discussed how the internet sites have impacted Iran as well, which is another technologically advanced country.  Our comic discusses how the internet had an impact on how the digital media sites helped inspire people to join in on the movement across Tunisia.

Bibliography.

Zuckerman, ETHAN. "The First Twitter Revolution? - By Ethan Zuckerman | Foreign Policy." Foreign Policy - the Global Magazine of Economics, Politics, and Ideas. 14 Jan. 2011. Web. 26 Nov. 2011. <http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/14/the_first_twitter_revolution?page=0,1>.


Comic URL
http://Pixton.com/ic:r7a65eh9