http://socialmediatoday.com/rohnjaymiller/478307/egypt-social-media-during-and-aftermath-arab-spring
This is an interview between Rohn Jay Miller and a Egyptian man named Tarek Nasr concerning the benefits that social media outlets such as Facebook, and Twitter served as a bulletin board in gathering people together to revolt against their past corrupt leader, President Hosni Mubarak. Facebook events were posted and young Arab adults gathered together forming one of the most ambititious and inspiring groups of youth in revolt that the Arab world has possibly ever seen. Tarek explains how crucial social networking was in coordinating these gatherings that changed the face of their country by extinguishing a corrupt leader, and fighting for their independence.
I also really liked this and how current it is. I can't believe how powerful social media is these days. To overthrow a "bad" guy all because of support from the media is pretty impressive. The most interesting thing to me in all of this is a line in the article that says, "Then came the uprising, when success or failure depended on Facebook and Twitter." That's crazy. It doesn't say it depended on votes, democracy, meetings or court. It depended on anyone who wanted or was posting whatever they thought or felt. Although the information may not be accurate - it was said with enough emphasis and with enough back up support to overthrow a ruler.
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