Egyptian revolution 2.0 political blogging, civic engagement, and citizen journalism

This book sheds light on the growing phenomenon of cyberactivism in the Arab world, with a special focus on the Egyptian political blogosphere and its role in paving the way to democratization and socio-political change in Egypt, which culminated in Egypt's historical popular revolution

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Main Authors: El-Nawawy, Mohammed 1968- (Author), Khamis, Sahar (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2013
Series:The Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication
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Table of Contents:
  • Blogging as cyberactivism: introductory themes
  • Political blogging: (re)envisioning civic engagement and citizen journalism
  • The Arab political blogosphere: the case of Egypt
  • Blogging on violations of human rights and limitations on freedom
  • Blogging on governmental corruption
  • The future of political blogging in Egypt: looking ahead