How Social Media Can Shape a Protest Movement

The Cases of Egypt in 2011 and Iran in 2009

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ID21186462
AuthorsFelix Tusa (0000-0003-1579-7254, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume17
Publication date2013-01-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArab Media and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1687-7721 • E-ISSN: 1687-7721
PublisherThe Adham Center for Television and Digital Communication (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.70090/ft13smpm
OpenAlexW4402650500
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This article will explore the effect of social media and Internet-based communication on social movements. It will do this by looking at two major processes of social movements—framing and organizing—in two case studies: the protests in Egypt from December 2010 to February 2011 (during the Arab Spring), and the post-election protests in Iran in 2009 that became known as the beginning of the Green Movement. The article will use this comparison and examination to determine how computer-mediated communication (CMC) was used in Iran in 2009 and in Egypt during the Arab Spring. These examples will also reveal whether CMC is most effective in framing a protest movement or organizing it; and to what extent this usage explains the success or failure of these protest movements

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