随着社交媒体在阿拉伯国家的深度融合发展，社交媒体的社会参与功能日益凸显，成为影响阿拉伯国家公众参与、公共决策和公民—政府互动关系的重要因素。然而，社交媒体在为阿拉伯民众建立起一种崭新的公众参与方式的同时，其对阿拉伯社会的消极作用也逐渐显现，社交媒体所集散信息的真实性、可靠性受到质疑，公民与政府对社交媒体的滥用以及对社交媒体的监管不力等问题都值得人们深入思考。
With the deep integration and comprehensive development of social media in Arab countries，the function of social participation of social media has become increasingly prominent，and it has become an important factor affecting public participation，public decision-making and citizen-government interaction in Arab countries. However，while social media has established a new way of public participation for the Arabs，its negative effects on Arab society have become gradually emerged. The questioned authenticity and reliability of the information distributed by social media，the abuse of social media by citizens and the governments，as well as the lack of supervision of social media，are worthy of deep thinking.
