Revista de Ciências Políticas e Assuntos Públicos
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Political Science: Knowledge in the Online Era

Mayra Velez-Serrano*

If the Arab Spring taught us anything, it was that the Internet has become an important mean of the dissemination of ideas, creation of interest groups, mobilization of people, and changing public opinion. Although some will insist that the Arab Spring was not a socialmedia phenomenon but a grass roots movement, we cannot ignore the power of unhampered information presented by the millions of users during the revolution. Images posted on Flickr or Facebook and videos uploaded on YouTube were being seen by the world without the framing bias and “coloring” from traditional media outlets.