Symbolic Construction in Democratic Revolutions –As the Cases of Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia and Egypt

• Main Authors: Lin, Ya-Ying, 林疋愔
• Other Authors: Shen, Ming-Shih
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31890762139099018315

碩士 === 國防大學政治作戰學院 === 政治研究所 === 100 === The result of “Jasmine Revolution” in Tunisia and Egypt let people have a new understanding to the catalytic power of symbols spread. Never before has popular protest brought down an authoritarian regime in the Arab world. And never had anyone anticipated the speed with such deeply entrenched regimes might be overthrown. Because of the rapid spread of revolutionary iconic signs, the revolutionary consciousnesses of majority were agglomerated successfully and then overthrow the dictatorial regime. Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia and Egypt raised a contagious wave of revolution might soon usher in democratic transition throughout the Middle East. The most important difference between the past and modern revolutions is that modern use distinct ideology and words as a political goal. This paper will integrate the revolutionary theory of several scholars and combine the “Semiotics” which interpret the communication law in the context of symbols, people and socio-cultural to explore the enormous effect when revolutionary symbols spread by new media. By the way, Let the bullets fly, using a large number various of referential symbols, criticizes the corruption under the communist regime and resonates by interacting with symbols in the film and the recipient. The symbolic imagery of Jasmine Revolution combines with symbols of the film. Therefore, The ideology of majority were agglomerated. The purpose of study is to use the result of Tunisia and Egypt’s revolution to explore the meaning of Let the bullets fly and Jasmine Revolution by the semiotics view；moreover, tries to link what Jasmine Revolution bring to the CCP and its response to analyze the possibility of Jasmine Revolution in China.