Part 38 (2/2)

116 feisty and relatively independent satellite television channel Al Jazeera

Jon Alterman, ”The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” Middle East Notes and Comment, Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 2011; Heidi Lane, ”The Arab Spring's Three Foundations,” per Concordiam, March 2012.

117 even in countries where they are technically illegal

Angelika Mendes, ”Media in Arab Countries Lack Transparency, Diversity and Independence,” Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, June 25, 2012,had spread throughout Egypt and the region

Harb, ”Arab Revolutions and the Social Media Effect”; Alterman, ”The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.”

119 Al Jazeera and its many siblings were the more important factor

Alterman, ”The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.”

120 ”All that trouble from this little matchbox?”

”Special Report: Al Jazeera's News Revolution,” Reuters, February 17, 2011.

121 shut down access to the Internet in the way Myanmar and Iran had

Harb, ”Arab Revolutions and the Social Media Effect.”

122 the public's reaction was so strong that the fires of revolt grew even hotter

Ibid.

123 including Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell, ”Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted,” New Yorker, October 4, 2010.

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