AU Social Media Class: Google exec Wael Ghonim in Egypt says long live the revolution 2.0

Saturday, February 12, 2011

A fierce debate has been waged on Twitter (call it the Malcolm Gladwell backlash, all you Malcolm Gladwell haters, you know who you are) about whether the populist uprising in Egypt could be fairly called a social media revolution.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/02/google-exec-wael-ghonim-in-egypt-says-long-live-the-revolution-20.html

Also see Malcolm Gladwell's article on Twitter and Egypt.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/02/does-egypt-need-twitter.html

I invite you to challenge the posts :)

Ohoud Algethami said...: I think by describing this as an internet revolution, Ghonim doesn’t mean that this was accomplished solely and exclusively through social media. But what he means is that it would have taken a longer time and far more effort to happen without Facebook and Twitter. It is of course well known that people have rebelled against oppressive regimes and governments ever since the dawn of time. But the point is that, in the age of technology we currently live in, revolutions can happen at a faster pace and governments that dictated people for decades can be overthrown in a matter of days.; February 13, 2011 at 7:39 PM
Doc Alex said...: Thanks Ohoud, I concur. But, on being asked which country is next, he replies "Ask Facebook." As if giving all the credit to Facebook. That makes me wonder.; February 18, 2011 at 9:50 AM

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