Social Communications Modification of the Modern Arab World

Abstract

Research Methodology. The research addressed to the general scientific methodology, in particular, such methods as analysis and synthesis.

Results. With its significant branching in the world and a large number of subsystems, the Arab world as a rather complicated social system is an extremely complex and diverse phenomenon. The only one most important factor for it is the world religion – Islam. Due to this factor the Arab world can be characterized as been formed as a single system. At the same time, the great shock for this system was the so-called «Arab Spring», the phenomenon that embraced a number of Arab states in North Africa and the Middle East. It should be noted the peculiarity of this phenomenon to be the fact that Islam has not become the consolidating factor of the system during these events. And therefore, quite clearly in the Arab world, you can track the gap in communication between political elites and other social groups. It should also be noted that mass media, including social media, played a significant role in the «Arab Spring». The latter still played a more unifying role.

As a result of the rupture of social communications in the Arab world, protracted civilian confrontations began. Their most severe manifestation was in Syria, burdened not only by civil war, but also by foreign aggression on the part of the Russian Federation. A significant part of the Arab states still remains a source of destabilization for the entire Arab world. The only country that emerged from the «Arab Spring» is Egypt (the largest Arab Republic), however, this process ended for it with a significant weakening in the domestic economy and foreign policy.

Novelty. Within the framework of this article, the author has attempted to analyze ways of modifying social communications in the process of the «Arab Spring» and clarified the main factors that influenced them.

Practical significance. The results can be used in further scientific works, as well as to clarify and explain the nature of the social communications influence on social subjects.

Key words: social networks, social communication, Internet, Arab world, «Arab Spring», social actors.