An investigation into the role of social media in the political protests in Egypt (2011)

Title: An investigation into the role of social media in the political protests in Egypt (2011)
Creator: Ramphobole, Thabo
Subject: Social media
Subject: Social movements
Date Issued: 2012
Date: 2012
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MA
Identifier: vital:8416
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012119
Identifier: Social media
Identifier: Social movements
Description: Social media's role in formenting protest action in Egypt has often been lauded by proponents of these web 2.0 technologies, to the extent that the collective protest actions that swept the Middle East and North Africa from December 2010 to the present have been referred to as "Twitter Revolutions" in recognition of the pivotal played by Twitter in mobilising citizents.
Format: v, 91 leaves
Format: pdf
Publisher: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Publisher: Faculty of Arts
Language: English
Rights: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

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