From Tahrir Square to Ferguson : social networks as facilitators of social movements Middle East The tunisian revolution : a social movement of courage assisted by social media by Douglas Fraleigh From Tahrir Square to Facebook and vice versa : the public sphere cyberspace and the extension of post revolution in Egypt by Luciana Garcia de Oliveira & Matheus Cardoso da Silva Social media and the 2014 hostilities in Iraq by Ahmed Al Rawi The overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya by Ines Amaral Social networks social movements and the politico cultural situation of Pakistani media by Rauf Arif Between cyber activism and mobilization : the february 20 movement in Morocco by Abdelfettah Benchenna & Zineb Majdouli Laughing with tear gas in our eyes : use of satirical humor in the Gezi Park social movement in Turkey by Christine Ogan & Yesim Kaptan The Syrian rebellion and the first social media war by Marouf Hasian & Sean Lawson North America How to interpret the occupy Wall Street social movement in the context of the digital revolution by Victoria Carty The revolution will not be televised: the American civil rights movement goes online by Ginger M. Loggins & W. Russell Robinson We are more than 131 : the Mexico student movement for free speech and political freedom by Jenn Mackay Europe The 5 stars movement and the promise of e democracy in Italy by Lorenzo Dalvit & Cosimo Marco Scarcelli The catalan case: building a new state from social outrage and new media by Marc Perello Sobrepere Spain : the outraged by Leocadia Diaz Romero France hits the bouevards : je suis Charlie marches marcherepublicaine by Susan J. Drucker & Gary Gumpert A train station divides a state : the use of social media by activists during the Stuttgart 21 controversy in Germany by Andre Haller The online factor in intermedia agenda setting : the case of the Greek indignant citizens movement by Vassilis Vamvakas & Dimitra Dimitrakopoulou Asia The Delhi rape case : the role of social media in protests and policy change by K. M. Baharul Islam & Bidu Bhusan Dash Mobile activism social networks and mass self mobilization in contentious politics in contemporary China by Jun Liu Networked flows of information in Myanmars pre democracy movement by Melanie Radue Activism in the public cyber sphere : Shahbag square and Rana plaza in Bangladesh by Leslie J. Reynard