The Impact of Social Media on National Security: the case of Ethiopia
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2018-12
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Social medias can be used as a mass communication tools and also connection materials, they
are in a day to day growing levels and creating a more globalized world bearing in mind their
proximity and flexibility, including their lower expenses. These social media podiums are
currently reaching social and security consequences for the citizens of Ethiopia, in considering
the socio political implications they have also economic impacts in the country. In order to
defend Ethiopia’s freedom, security and prosperity, it is only reasonable that many rational and
investigated be done about how the government of Ethiopia can connect online social
networking trappings and in equal degree controlling the issues in the impacts they brought as a
threat to the national security of Ethiopia. The purpose of this study is to investigate social
media and national security threats in Ethiopia. The social media can be said to draw it’s
respire from the laws and principles of the traditional mass media and the fundamentals of the
freedom of expression. Even though there are no laws particularly on the social media, it still
runs freely in Ethiopia without any government restraint. This thesis pursues to analyse freedom
of expression and to what extent the social media within the Ethiopian context is free and
influencing the social media. Generally, as per their nature social medias are quickly evolving
and are able to address every sector and direction rendering the geo-economic, political and
socio-cultural elements, the thesis will focus on analysing the factors by the social media on the
national security of Ethiopia and response on the government also the social media community
accordingly