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Role of social networks in egypt revolution of 2011
1. Role of Social Networks in Egypt
Revolution of 2011
Prepared by: Aryan Hella
2. Social Networks
Social networks are digital
tools for online
communication and
interaction.
•Face book
•Twitter
•You tube
•LinkedIn
•My space
3. Social Networks and Politics
• Become part of political culture
• campaigning, finding supporters& interacting
with supporters
• sharing any political event with details
• A tool for lunching revolutions
4. Egypt
• South African country
• Hussein Mubarak regime with 30 years old
• People had access to technology
• Computer price: cheap
• government provide high Internet access high
5. Reasons of the Egypt Revolution
• Poverty
• Corruption
• Unemployment
• Khalid said death
• Inequality
• High prices
7. Social Network contribution
• Speed and interactivity
• Unity
• Providing minute by
minute updates
• International society
• organization
8. Social Networks role in Egypt
Revolution
• “started on 25 January 2011
and ended with President
Hosni Mubarak’s resignation
on February 11, 2011, thus
ending his 30 year old
regime in 18 days” (Chebib
& Sohail).
• According to a Cairo activist,
“We use Face book to
schedule the protests,
Twitter to coordinate, and
YouTube to tell the world"
9. Social Network Pages
• We are all Khalid Said
• January 25
• Elbradei for presidency
Tunisian revolution:
word of
encouragement
Detailed instruction
10. conclusion
• Citizens: Main Factor
• Social networks: facilitator for organization
and cooperation of revolution
• Face book, Twitter, and You Tube were the
most useful websites
11. References
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