Cyberactivism and citizen journalism in Egypt :
Radsch, Courtney C.,
Cyberactivism and citizen journalism in Egypt : digital dissidence and political change / Courtney C. Radsch. - xv, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Information technology and global governance .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This compelling book explores how Egyptian bloggers used citizen journalism and cyberactivism to chip away at the state's monopoly on information and recalibrate the power dynamics between an authoritarian regime and its citizens. When the Arab uprisings broke out in early 2011 and ousted entrenched leaders across the region, social media and the Internet were widely credited with playing a role, particularly when the Egyptian government shut down the Internet and mobile phone networks in an attempt to stave off the unrest there. But what these reports missed were the years of grassroots organizing, digital activism, and political awareness-raising that laid the groundwork for this revolutionary change. Radsch argues that Egyptian bloggers created new social movements using blogging and social media, often at significant personal risk, so that less than a decade after the information revolution came to Egypt they successfully mobilized the overthrow of the state and its president.
9781137497895
Citizen journalism--Egypt.
Social movements--Political aspects--Egypt.
Blogs--Political aspects--Egypt.
Social media--Political aspects--Egypt.
Internet--Political aspects--Egypt.
--Reading book
070.4 / RAD
Cyberactivism and citizen journalism in Egypt : digital dissidence and political change / Courtney C. Radsch. - xv, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Information technology and global governance .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This compelling book explores how Egyptian bloggers used citizen journalism and cyberactivism to chip away at the state's monopoly on information and recalibrate the power dynamics between an authoritarian regime and its citizens. When the Arab uprisings broke out in early 2011 and ousted entrenched leaders across the region, social media and the Internet were widely credited with playing a role, particularly when the Egyptian government shut down the Internet and mobile phone networks in an attempt to stave off the unrest there. But what these reports missed were the years of grassroots organizing, digital activism, and political awareness-raising that laid the groundwork for this revolutionary change. Radsch argues that Egyptian bloggers created new social movements using blogging and social media, often at significant personal risk, so that less than a decade after the information revolution came to Egypt they successfully mobilized the overthrow of the state and its president.
9781137497895
Citizen journalism--Egypt.
Social movements--Political aspects--Egypt.
Blogs--Political aspects--Egypt.
Social media--Political aspects--Egypt.
Internet--Political aspects--Egypt.
--Reading book
070.4 / RAD