To an inexperienced eye, this chapter would seem to simply ramble on and on about the wars in Arabic countries cause by political uprising. In our class, we discuss how these circumstances are caused and why they arise. This chapter of the book “Twitter and Tear Gas,” spends its time discussing how the world has been changed by the access to new communication technologies and their ability to congregate groups despite distance and language barriers. The way that I digested this chapter was in terms that the general populous of the world has begun to enter a state of globalization. Languages are becoming standardized; ideas are being shared and taken into count in places that were never thought to be remotely touchable.  The author discusses the ability for masses to converge from great distances to reach their greater goals and to take back their lands for the people. I had never truly thought of these technologies in this way.

The author continues on to touch on the idea of finding those like us that want to share their opinions, but they are scared. He speaks that his friend could not find any supporters over a Egyptian politician so she took to the online forum of Twitter to find like-minded individuals to build a resistance with. It is something to be said where rights are concerned that the availability of these new communication technologies has brought about more sides to an issue than simply the ones with the loudest and most gutsy following. These technologies allow for those with small voices to join together and one could make the argument that the “quiet” are now the most heard due to their ability to congregate in these virtual spaces. In all, this chapter discussed the growth of a movement through the building of online forums.