Just looked over the article that Prof. Faris sent us about the role of Twitter/Facebook and wanted to look a little bit deeper into the role of social media in the Tunisian conflict.
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/01/2011116142317498666.html
There is another article on the Jerusalem Post on the same topic: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?ID=204064&R=R1
The social media aspect of this event is very interesting. I also read this morning that many people are “tweeting” for justice and urging Saudi Arabia to hand over Ben Ali. Some of the tweets are very intense…