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Lebanon: Is Social Media Useful?

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Lebanon, Citizen Media, Ethnicity & Race, Human Rights, Labor

“I always ask myself whether the Lebanese online community is actually making things better by raising awareness or is just trying to reach out to more people?” writes Najib questioning [1]  the usefulness of social media in inciting action rather than just being concerned with tweeting and blogging. His post was in reaction to a video in [2] which a man is shown abusing a foreign worker in front of the embassy of her country.