Did social media play a helpful role in the Arab Spring?

... their vision of the unfolding events. How significant was the role of social media? And would the gains of the Arab Spring be even possible without social media? Deen Freelon dispels some common misconceptions around the way people have seen the role of social media in the Arab Spring. Interviewee: Deen Freelon , Assistant Professor of Public Communication in the School of Communication at American University Interviewer: Maria Prosviryakova , RIAC Photo: Freelon , Assistant Professor of Public Communication in the School ...