Outline of the Research Paper

Central Statement: Political Activism and Social Media

Research Question: How Social Media is affected by the Moroccan Government and
the politics of the country?


Introduction:

The relevance of the topic to Morocco

Democratization: Fredom of press/ Media freedom


I. Theoretical framework
The role of Media

· Watch dog Function (the fourth estate)
· Critical Media/ the misconduct of the Government.
· Media and the Citizen Journalism

II. Case Study:
Social network Websites: Facebook

· The history of the Internet in Morocco
· Uses and gratifications
· Number of users : ( ANRT/ ITU)
· 2004: the development of the Internet in Morocco, ( creation of blogs to support causes and defend political issues)

III. The reaction of the Moroccan government to these new way of freedom of speech


Conclusion:
Recap

Digital portfolio:
video