Running head: Libyan Revolt – Use of the Social Media and the InternetHow Did The Libyan State Deal With Social Media And Internet, And How Did The Opposition Use It?Customer inserts name hereCustomer inserts Institute`s name hereCustomer inserts course instructor name hereCustomer inserts course name here02 October 2011Contents TOC o "1-3" h z u Introduction PAGEREF _Toc305303962 h 3Hypothesis PAGEREF _Toc305303963 h 10The Role of the Social Media in the Uprising PAGEREF _Toc305303964 h 10Gaddafi`s Use of the Social Media PAGEREF _Toc305303965 h 16Use of Social Media by the Opposition PAGEREF _Toc305303966 h 18Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc305303967 h 19Works Cited PAGEREF _Toc305303968 h 22IntroductionThe crisis in the Middle East has taken the world by surprise. Even though this crisis has not been the result of a sudden whim, but in fact has been an eruption resulting from years of simmering resent and oppression at the hands of authoritarian rulers.The case of Libya is therefore no such anomaly as Gaddafi has been in power of nearly 42 years and in this time of apparent stability, there many infringes against human rights and against the population.Gaddafi came into power after a coup nearly 42 years ago, through which he overthrew King Iris I. During his ensure Gaddafi introduced laws and regulations which were in accordance with his ideology and while the law said that he was only a ceremonial head and that the country would be ruled by people`s ministers, he was in fact the controller of the entire country. This is because he had very skillfully appointed people from his own tribe or from tribes that were loyal to him, and in this manner he accrued their goodwill, and through these puppets controlled the masses.This kind of unilateral power helped Gaddafi amass much wealth without paying much attention to the infrastructure of the country and at the same time kept the military weak in order to maintain his rule over the country.In light of such a backdrop there are several reasons cited by scholars regarding the reasons for occurrence of such a wide spread revolt, which convinced people to lay down their lives for freedom of expression, something which has never been granted to them ever before.Where did this realization in come about? If the country was isolated from the rest of the world, then this question would have indeed been puzzling, but with globalization and technological progress being rampant, people have gained awareness about how people are living in other parts of the world. In fact one can say that technological advances and globalization have progressed hand in hand with globalization fueling the demand for communication technology. And this in turn has been the key in how the world has been connected.Considering the case of the media in particular, this paper is focusing on studying how the media has been a way to communicate cultural values and norms. The way in which the global culture has been shaped has b...