From Arab Spring to Chinese Winter: Political Communication

Volume: 6 Number: 1 May 30, 2016
  • Sertaç Serdar
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From Arab Spring to Chinese Winter: Political Communication

Abstract

It was precived as a spring to Arabian World, political protests that relevant to democratization which has started in North Africa in early days of 2011. As well as some commentators called it victory of democracy, some others thought success of capitalizm. Facebook as well Twitter, ocurred as communicator for Arab Spring, moreover as reason why this social movement came out. Some says the internet proved itself in North Africa as a new way of political communication. This is not the only one thing to disappoint hopeful ones in early months of 2011 that The Spring could not reach goals till today also the objection to being new era and primary role of the internet. China is the main reason for this objection to assumption that the net is new democratization instrument. 34 percent of one and half billion people, it means 458 thousand, are internet user in China. It might be expectable to see some cues for democratizing China if the internet has had features related with democracy and capitalizm. In this article, the internet as a new media, will query the importance for political communication basis on Arab Spring and the situation in China.

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Authors

Sertaç Serdar This is me
Uludag University, Department of Public Administration

Publication Date

May 30, 2016

Submission Date

May 30, 2016

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Published in Issue

Year 2013 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Serdar, S. (2016). From Arab Spring to Chinese Winter: Political Communication. International Journal of Social Inquiry, 6(1), 113-126. https://izlik.org/JA97TW84NW
AMA
1.Serdar S. From Arab Spring to Chinese Winter: Political Communication. ijsi. 2016;6(1):113-126. https://izlik.org/JA97TW84NW
Chicago
Serdar, Sertaç. 2016. “From Arab Spring to Chinese Winter: Political Communication”. International Journal of Social Inquiry 6 (1): 113-26. https://izlik.org/JA97TW84NW.
EndNote
Serdar S (May 1, 2016) From Arab Spring to Chinese Winter: Political Communication. International Journal of Social Inquiry 6 1 113–126.
IEEE
[1]S. Serdar, “From Arab Spring to Chinese Winter: Political Communication”, ijsi, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 113–126, May 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA97TW84NW
ISNAD
Serdar, Sertaç. “From Arab Spring to Chinese Winter: Political Communication”. International Journal of Social Inquiry 6/1 (May 1, 2016): 113-126. https://izlik.org/JA97TW84NW.
JAMA
1.Serdar S. From Arab Spring to Chinese Winter: Political Communication. ijsi. 2016;6:113–126.
MLA
Serdar, Sertaç. “From Arab Spring to Chinese Winter: Political Communication”. International Journal of Social Inquiry, vol. 6, no. 1, May 2016, pp. 113-26, https://izlik.org/JA97TW84NW.
Vancouver
1.Sertaç Serdar. From Arab Spring to Chinese Winter: Political Communication. ijsi [Internet]. 2016 May 1;6(1):113-26. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA97TW84NW

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