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GENERATION Z PROTESTS IN NEPAL COMPARED WITH THE ARAB SPRING: THE EVOLUTION OF THE ROLE OF SOCIALMEDIA 2026 УДК 323.21:[316.77:004.773.6/.7(541.35)"2025" http://ezaposleni.singidunum.ac.rs/rest/sciNaucniRezultati/oai/record/2/12004 https://fb.uklo.edu.mk/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GODISNIK-2025-1.pdf L. Radenović ract This article compares the Arab Spring protests in Tunisia and Egypt (2011) with Generation Z protests in Nepal (2025) to examine how the shift from friend-centric networks (Facebook/Twitter) to algorithmically curated ecosystems (TikTok/Discord/Telegram) reshapes mobilisation thresholds, the pace of contention, organisational depth, and political outcomes. Methodologically, it employs a qualitative comparative design based on secondary sources using theoretical criteria: platforms/infrastructure, mobilisation threshold, tempo/volatility, organisational depth (the “signal vs. capacity” ratio), and outcome. The theoretical framework draws on Granovetter and Tufekci, as well as approaches to connective action and affective publics. Findings indicate that digital networks lower participation thresholds and barriers to entry into collective action, thereby accelerating diffusion. In Tunisia and Egypt, social media amplified coordination within existing tradeunion and party structures; in Nepal, mobilisation emerged and was coordinated online through horizontal influencer–moderator networks without party backing. Large Discord communities functioned as deliberative hubs and heightened visibility, while viral shortform video produced rapid, affect-driven escalation; yet organisational capacity lagged behind the visible “signal”, and the protest cycle remained short and volatile. Conclusion: the shift to algorithmic feeds increases speed and scale but constrains institutionalisation; durable change still depends on organisational “bridges” that convert visibility into sustained capacity. article 10.5281/zenodo.19063803 2025 1 21 34 1857-6508 INTERNATIONAL YEARBOOK FACULTY OF SECURITY 2025/1