University of Tehran POLITICAL QUARTERLY 1735-9678 43 4 2013 12 22 TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARAB WORLD TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARAB WORLD 99 115 50500 10.22059/jpq.2013.50500 FA Seyed Mohsen Aleghafour Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, Faculty of Economy& Social Science; Chamran University of Ahvaz, Iran Farshad Roomi PhD Student, International Relations, Lobachevski State University, Russia Journal Article 2012 02 06 Information technology has demolished time and distance. The new communication technologies have become dominant in contemporary world politics. The tools such as mobile phones, internet and satellite networks play supporting role in social changes with strengthening public space. We witness the effectiveness of new media in the recent unprecedented developments in Arabic countries. The social media such as twitter and facebook give people free access to channels of communication and society becomes more transparent. Although political and economic conditions are more determined in revolutionary changes, but the recent events would occur more expensive and longer if the modern means of communication were not available. Information technology has demolished time and distance. The new communication technologies have become dominant in contemporary world politics. The tools such as mobile phones, internet and satellite networks play supporting role in social changes with strengthening public space. We witness the effectiveness of new media in the recent unprecedented developments in Arabic countries. The social media such as twitter and facebook give people free access to channels of communication and society becomes more transparent. Although political and economic conditions are more determined in revolutionary changes, but the recent events would occur more expensive and longer if the modern means of communication were not available. https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_50500_7e6fe231f1589ced0d7d97bc48d82415.pdf