Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCdIOch2970

Questions:

• Please do not re-write the questions.
• Please number your responses.

1. Please discuss your general reactions to the documentary. (What most surprised you? What did you learn?…)
2. Why did the Arab Spring start in Tunisia?
3. How was social media used for the protests in Tunisia and Egypt? Give specific examples What is special/unique about social media? (Consider: The government censored the traditional press, such as broadcast TV and radio.)
4. Revolutions and protests have started before without social media. How exactly does social media alter such activity around the world?
5. Did the uprisings occur because of social media? Discuss these two statements.
   • Wael Ghonim, an Egyptian regional executive at Google and one of Egypt’s most prominent tweeters , said “If you want to liberate a society, just give them the internet”. 
     • What is your reaction to this statement? Is the Internet all that is needed to start a revolution?
   • The BBC narrator says “Revolutions can not be made on the Internet alone”.