The role of social networking sites (SNSs) in the January 25th Revolution in Egypt

Mansour, Essam

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“…They are mainly used to connect people with each other in a variety of ways, including dating and meeting others with common interests and sharing information. They help to develop relationships that transcend age, race, social, culture, political and geographical barriers [6]. Arora [7] has rightly stated that the greatest impact of SNSs can be well understood by the ever-increasing number of people joining them all over the globe.…”

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Growth Pattern of Social Media Usage in Arab Gulf States: An Analytical Study

Reyaee¹,

Ahmed²

2015

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The impact of SNSs is tremendous on every aspect of life and people irrespective of region, gender and age are using it to get connected with their families and friends around the globe. This study aims to highlight the highly used SNSs across the Arab Gulf States comprising Iraq, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. The database of Stat Counter (http://gs.statcounter.com) was selected for tracing the use and growth of SNSs in this region. The findings show that the three most used SNSs in the Arab Gulf region are: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. It is observed that Facebook is the leading social networking site used in the region until now, but Twitter is fast gaining market. Twitter is becoming popular among users and giving a tough competition to Facebook in almost all countries of the region except Iraq. In 2013, it has moved to 1st position in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, replacing Facebook. However, in some countries like the UAE and Qatar, Facebook is still going strong. The paper concludes that the intensive use of social media among citizens' of the Arab Gulf countries indicates that the internet has the potential to be a multivocal platform through which every segment of the society can have their voices heard. With limited availability of published literature in the field pertaining to the usage of social media by the people of the Arab Gulf countries, the paper aims to understand the practice, implication and importance of social media networks in this Muslim dominated region.

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Growth Pattern of Social Media Usage in Arab Gulf States: An Analytical Study

Reyaee¹,

Ahmed²

2015

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“…Many authors have conducted a cost-benefit analysis of social media in promoting and supporting protests. As far as the benefits are concerned (see Table 1), Internet technology is recognized as having the great advantage of being able to quickly disseminate the aims and reasons for the protest (Mansour 2012;Niekerk, Pillay, Maharaj 2011). This is particularly true for situations in which an authoritarian regime limits the transfer of information and has enormous media control.…”

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“…strikes, demonstrations-and availed themselves of the use of social networking services to organize protests and communicate their claims and the progress achieved by the struggles. Indeed, the particularity of these uprisings is not only the astonishing contagion effect across many countries, but also the broad use of the Internet and social media in support of them (Buhl 2011;Cottle 2011;Mansour 2012). The media and public opinion generally agree that the Internet and social networks are the engines of the Arab Spring revolutions as well as the Western movements, to the extent that they are usually defined as "Twitter revolutions" or "Facebook revolutions" (Joseph 2012).…”

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The facebook and Twitter revolutions: Active participation in the 21st century

Passini

2012

Human Affairs

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Abstract:In the past few years, a wave of protest has spread across the world. The particularity of these uprisings lies in the way the Internet is used to support them. Scholars have analyzed these movements as being closely related to a generation that relies on the Internet as a means of organizing themselves as a force of social change. That is, the Internet is seen as a way of promoting the active participation of young people in political issues. Public opinion and the mass media hail the Arab Spring revolutions as movements beneficial to the democratization of oppressive regimes. By contrast, when disobedient movements emerge in democratic countries, they are generally more cautious in evaluating these movements as enriching democracy. This cautious opinion also concerns the use of social media. In this article, the so-called Twitter revolutions are discussed in light of the theories of social psychology that analyze the relationship between disobedience and democracy.

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“…To give an idea of scale, in different regions such as the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, and Africa, SNS represented about 24% of all time spent on the Internet in 2011, an increase of 35% compared to 2010 [11]. Moreover, YouTube has become the most popular online video platform worldwide, offering two out of five videos viewed worldwide [10].…”

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“…The popularity of the SNS, making them the most well-known websites in the world from October 2011 onwards, has contributed to a considerable extent to the spread of social demonstrations [10]. To give an idea of scale, in different regions such as the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, and Africa, SNS represented about 24% of all time spent on the Internet in 2011, an increase of 35% compared to 2010 [11].…”

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The Influence of Social Media on Social Movements: An Exploratory Conceptual Model

Soares

Jóia

2015

Electronic Participation

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Part 1: eParticipation and Social MediaInternational audienceInformation and communication technology affects all issues in the modern world, including social movements. The impact of these technologies on such movements has been felt worldwide in recent years, affecting both developed countries, such as Spain and the United States, as well as developing countries, such as Brazil, Egypt, and Tunisia. Interestingly, the intensive use of the Internet and especially social media has been a common denominator in the popular demonstrations that have occurred in the past few years in the most diverse scenarios. Social movements appear to have been influenced by social media, particularly with respect to their organization and communication. Therefore, based on a review of the extant literature on the topic, this paper seeks to propose an exploratory conceptual model about the influence of the use of social media on social movements, whereby possible scenarios in which these social demonstrations tend to occur can be identified

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The role of social networking sites (SNSs) in the January 25th Revolution in Egypt

Cited by 50 publications

References 46 publications

Growth Pattern of Social Media Usage in Arab Gulf States: An Analytical Study

Growth Pattern of Social Media Usage in Arab Gulf States: An Analytical Study

The facebook and Twitter revolutions: Active participation in the 21st century

The Influence of Social Media on Social Movements: An Exploratory Conceptual Model

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