In our modern world today, it is not impossible to get reach with people thousands miles away in a short period. the advance technology nowadays make it possible for people across countries to spread and share messages through any medium especially the largest network area, the internet.
revolution in Tunisia does spread among nations through various kind of media, for instance social networking and television. this uprising was begin with the incident of local fruit seller in the city of Sidi Bouzid, who was set himself on fire as the act of protest because of the current condition where there are many jobless young people. he too, was one of the unemployed university graduates, at last has to sell fruits. after the self-immolation of Mohamed Al-Bouazizi, people use social media to news of what was happening in Sidi Bouzid.
On december 17, 2010, Ali Bouazizi, the cousin of Mohamed Al-Bouazizi with his friend Horchani posted the video protest let by the young man's mother outside the municipality building. that evening, the video was aired on Al-Jazeera's Mubasyer channel. Al-Jazeera new media team, which trawls the web looking for video from across the Arab world, had picked up the footage via Facebook.
because of the protest: the uprising of the Tunisian people, they actively share news of the protest online, until the number of internet users in Tunisia reaches 3.6 million. According to the Internet world stats, this situation is recorded as the highest penetration rates on the African continent. this shows that media helps a lot in spreading the message of the uprising.
throughout the uprising, Tunisian protesters used Facebook as a medium to communicate with each other. Facebook, unlike most video sharing sites, luckily was not included in Tunisian's online censorship. for the non internet users. they keep in touch with the news of protest via satellite news channels such Al-Jazeera, France 24, and Al-Arabiya.
