SOCIAL MEDIA AND PALESTINIAN YOUTH CULTURE: THE IMPACT OF NEW INFORMATION AND MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES ON CULTURAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN PALESTINE.

The article reports that the consequences of the Palestinian condition as a stateless nation, and non-existence were evidenced in the lack of communication among people and social disintegration with all the limitations of life. The ideal of Palestinian youth claiming their cultural autonomy through Facebook is about their culture, dignity, and identity. Cultural democracy pits creativity and democratic decisions taken at the grass roots against local and traditional power structures.