The Arab Spring in Egypt: the Role of Social Media - Hassan, Farhad
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Social network platforms are tools, which are not just utilized for entertainment, but also serve as a multiple purpose tool in other areas, including politics. Egyptians have utilized these tools to communicate, coordinate, and bring about mass protests, since 2010. Drawing on the theoretical concepts of the public sphere and communicative action of Habermas, with the new public sphere and network society this work examines the role of SNSs during the Arab Spring in Egypt. The lit review assumes that SNSs are causes of political upheavals. The article, however, argues that the SNSs are simply…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Social network platforms are tools, which are not just utilized for entertainment, but also serve as a multiple purpose tool in other areas, including politics. Egyptians have utilized these tools to communicate, coordinate, and bring about mass protests, since 2010. Drawing on the theoretical concepts of the public sphere and communicative action of Habermas, with the new public sphere and network society this work examines the role of SNSs during the Arab Spring in Egypt. The lit review assumes that SNSs are causes of political upheavals. The article, however, argues that the SNSs are simply an instrument for communication and mobilization of people in the Egyptian 25th January political uprising.
Autorenporträt
Farhad Hassan Abdullah obtained his Bachelor degree in Political Science at University of Sulaimani in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2010. He then studied his Master in The Strategic and Defence Studies (MSDS) at the Department of International and Strategic Studies in Unversity of Malaya. He is now as assistant lecturer at University of Sulaimani.