Facebook-användning & Syriska revolutionen : En studie om människors upplevelser av Facebook-användning under revolutionen i Syrien

Sammanfattning: This study has analyzed people's experiences of Facebook use during the revolution in Syria. To be able to find out the answer, 6 people were interviewed, who all lived in Syria during the revolution. The interviews were recorded and then transcribed. An interview guide was used in the method and was provided to all interviewees. The focus of the interwiews are ordinary people and not explicit activists.   The main question is how did the people of Syria experience the use of Facebook during the revolution. Other questions of interest, in what way is Facebook used by the public to disseminate or absorb information during the Syrian revolution, and how did the people of Syria experience the internet connection during the revolution, Did the people of Syria experience a media mistrust during the revolution. And in what way did the people of Syria use resource mobilization and social movements.   In order to analyze the interviews, the main focus will be on the new social movement, social media and its influence, the media / media misstrust and resource mobilization. Two scientific articles will be highlighted in the background in this study. The first article is talking about the role social media has played during the uprising in Middle East and North Africa. And also how old media had been replaced by new digital media. The second article is about the internet and social media are getting a lot of attention in the last years in Middle East and North Africa. More and more people hade built a miss trust against the old media. Two examples mentioned in the article are Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings where digital media was a success against their own governments. Digital media, also known as Web 2.0, is considered the most credible source in Tunisia and Egypt.   The conclusion of this study is that ordinary people from Syria have always had a fear of the Syrian regime, but with the help of fake IP addresses and aliases, they were able to collaborate, plan demonstrations with the help of various Facebook groups. People have already had media mistrust when the regime took power over 40 years ago. Futhermore during the revolution the experience was amplified and Facebook was a reliable source replacing TV and newspapers from Syria.