Help In a well-constructed paragraph, explain how technology influenced the spread of ideas during the Arab Spring. Include supporting evidence in the form of details, statistics, facts, or quotations. Be sure to include one or more links to the sources of information that you use.

Social media played a significant role facilitating communication and interaction among participants of political protests. Protesters used social media to organize demonstrations (both pro- and anti-governmental), disseminate information about their activities, and raise local and global awareness of ongoing events. Research from the Project on Information Technology and Political Islam found that online revolutionary conversations often preceded mass protests on the ground, and that social media played a central role in shaping political debates in the Arab Spring. Governments used social media to engage with citizens and encourage their participation in government processes; in others, governments monitored internet traffic or blocked access to websites, and in the case of Egypt cut off access to the internet, as part of the government's attempts to prevent uprisings. As a result of their research many academics have come to the conclusion that social media played a critical role in "mobilization, empowerment, shaping opinions, and influencing change" during the Arab Spring.

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