Social media activist, Rami Nakhle is a wanted Syrian cyber activist. In this article, Nakhle expresses how putting his life in danger to report through new media outlets such as Facebook and Youtube is how the revolution in Syria will make a difference He desribes how it will be a long haul because they are learning new tools everyday but that Abbad is using old tools and will not be successful in the long run that way.
Nakhle speaks about learning from the activists in Egypt and Tunisia about their failures and successes so in Syria they can be more successful with their revolution. Only just a couple months ago, we saw Egypt using Internet as their means to protest, and here Nahkle is trying to use these means to further the success of their revolt. He says, "We are playing two roles: first, to spread the news, then to influence the street. We are not leading at all, but we're trying to influence," he says....and he also explains in the article his surprise by the mass of youth supporting him and following his lead to use media outlet. Just seeing the use of media only just a couple months ago, and now and how much further it is progressing, and how much more, the people are depending on it shows how influential new media is. April 21st.
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