social unrest
Disorder created by injustice, inequality and lack of accountability for the suffering of the people. A negative for which no positive - 'social rest' - exists.
The nightly protests and curfews were an outward sign of the social unrest which had been bubbling for years, exacerbated by surging unemployment, poverty and uncontrolled disease.
social-unrest media
A term to describe the use of Facebook and Twitter in the Arab world.
Social-unrest media is a useful tool for protesters to organize themselves.