OMIS 2010 Chapter Notes -Mohamed Bouazizi, Arab Spring, Online Community

• School: York University
• Department: Operations Management and Information System
• Course: OMIS 2010
• Professor: Henry Kim

Document Summary

Stronger answers will draw from at least two world regions. Arab spring: large scale wave of demonstrations, fights for democracy. Takes a 200 dollar loan to make money. They humiliate him and take his scales. Arab spring it means that most of the countries are arab speaking. Economic decline, there is not enough jobs. Important to pay attention to this region: spaces of protest. Has the potential of changing the world. Facebook gave instructions on the silent protest. Syed was beaten to death and people were outraged. Organized an event, the day of revolution against poverty, corruption, unemployment . The protests helped to bring hosni mubarak down. Allows the people to set up protests faster. Youthquake young people have led the protests. Space to which all citizens have a right of access, a space of inclusion. It is the space of the public sphere. People can make demands of their governments.