Since the fall of Presidents Ben Ali and Mubarak, many commentators have pointed to the role that social networks have played in the Arab revolution. Although we are pleased, to say the least, that the importance of the «information revolution» being experienced by the Arab world is finally gaining recognition, we must not underestimate the role of the ICTs and their constant presence in the media: the «traditional» mass media, particularly television and satellite channels, continues to be highly important. In order to understand to what extent these ICTs have been able to act as catalysts of political change, with effectively «digital cultural origins», we must move away from the register of traditional politics to get an idea of the effects in public and social spaces of certain transformations within individual spheres brought about by techniques that profoundly change relationships with authority.
Arab revolution, ICT, social networks, information revolution, the media.