Com 3705

Unique Assignment Number: 210281

COM3705

Student Number: 43884601

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

2

INTRODUCTION

3

SECTION 1

1.1 The role of the information society in political revolutions

1.2

4

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SECTION 2

2.1

7

2.2

7

2.3

8

2.4

8

SECTION 3

3.1

10

3.1.1

10

3.1.2

10

3.2

11

3.3

12

CONCLUSION

15

SOURCES CONSULTED

16

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I, the undersigned, hereby declare that this is my own and personal work,

except where the work(s) or publications of others have been acknowledged

by means of reference techniques.

I have read and understood Tutorial Letter CMNALLE/301 regarding technical

and presentation requirements, referencing techniques and plagiarism.

Ntandazo Pakatwana

Student number: 43884601

Date: 01/08/2014

Witness: A. Magwebu

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Good day lecturer,

I am pleased to present my first assignment of COM3705 to you. I have

covered all the sections (1-3) completely. Section 1 consists of the role of

social media on political revolutions and also the information society. Section

2 consists of international marketing, media imperialism and global

advertising. Lastly, section 3 consists of culture shock and the role

immigration in international communication.

I trust that you will find my work to your satisfaction and I thank you for taking

the time to mark my paper.

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Section 1

1.1 This essay will critically discuss the crucial role social media networks

have played in facilitating major political revolutions in the world, namely, The

Arab Spring (Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain and Libya).

In 2011, there was political unrest in the Middle East. The rise of social media

in political revolutions began in Tunisia when a man disgruntled with the

current political events and circumstances had set himself on fire, this

breaking news quickly spread to Egypt, Bahrain and Libya just to name afew

countries. The video of the man who set himself on fire soon went viral, and it

spread like a ‘wild fire’ so to speak. The video became available on YouTube

and members...