“Egyptian Revolution”

Identifying Influential Twitter Users in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution

Recent international events surrounding contentious political environments have uncovered a new utility for social media. Communities now use resources such as Facebook and Twitter to quickly spread information and project influence amongst potentially geographically disparate people. In this work, we investigate Twitter activity in Egypt during the 2011 protests and revolution, and introduce a...

Social Media and Citizen Social Movement Process for Political Change: The Case of 2011 Egyptian Revolution

The power and role played by social media in developing social and political movements for political changes in North Africa and the Middle East have transformed how social media viewed and used. To date, few IS studies have investigated the role of Information Systems in the context of politics. The goal of this paper is to understand the role of social media including micro-blogs and social n...

islamic awakening, globalization and the media: a case study of 2011 egyptian revolution

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Revolution

After the establishment of written language, the most revolutionary development in human communication was the invention of the printing press in the 15 th century (1). Before then, books were handwritten, rare, and expensive. Medieval monasteries supported the transcription of new manuscripts from existing ones, and errors were common because of spelling, handwriting, and abbreviation idiosync...

Voices for Change Hopes and costs for empowerment – a study on women’s claims in the Egyptian revolution