http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3071/taylor-bossung Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:27:31 -0400 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:27:31 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1221/the-evolution-of-revolution-social-media-in-the-modern-middle-east-and-its-policy-implications By Taylor Bossung - Cyber-pessimistic scholars like Evgeny Morozov and Malcolm Gladwell dispute the notion that social media is a “magic pill” for the subjugated in the Middle East. Says Morozov, “The idea that the internet favors the oppressed rather than the oppressor is marred by what I call cyber-utopianism: a naïve belief in the emanicipatory nature of online communication that rests on a stubborn refusal to admit its downside.”2 Still, scholars and politicos like Clay Shirky and Nicholas Kristof suggest otherwise. Condoleezza Rice trumpeted the internet’s utility as a tool... Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1221/the-evolution-of-revolution-social-media-in-the-modern-middle-east-and-its-policy-implications