02309cam a22003615i 4500 27918 27889 19247369 EG-ScBUE 20191217103849.0 160825t20162016nyua f b 001 0 eng d 9781137497895 BTCTA eng rda BTCTA YDXCP TKN YDX DLC EG-ScBUE f-ua--- 070.4 RAD 22 Radsch, Courtney C., author. Cyberactivism and citizen journalism in Egypt : digital dissidence and political change / Courtney C. Radsch. New York : Palgrave Macmillan / Springer Nature, [2016] c2016 xv, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Information technology and global governance Includes bibliographical references and index. This compelling book explores how Egyptian bloggers used citizen journalism and cyberactivism to chip away at the state's monopoly on information and recalibrate the power dynamics between an authoritarian regime and its citizens. When the Arab uprisings broke out in early 2011 and ousted entrenched leaders across the region, social media and the Internet were widely credited with playing a role, particularly when the Egyptian government shut down the Internet and mobile phone networks in an attempt to stave off the unrest there. But what these reports missed were the years of grassroots organizing, digital activism, and political awareness-raising that laid the groundwork for this revolutionary change. Radsch argues that Egyptian bloggers created new social movements using blogging and social media, often at significant personal risk, so that less than a decade after the information revolution came to Egypt they successfully mobilized the overthrow of the state and its president. Citizen journalism Egypt. BUEsh Social movements Political aspects Egypt. BUEsh Blogs Political aspects Egypt. BUEsh Social media Political aspects Egypt. BUEsh Internet Political aspects Egypt. BUEsh MASPPSS BUSBOL November2019 Reading book ddc BB 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN LOW 2019-12-01 Purchase 1490.00 0 070.4 RAD 000044702 2025-07-15 00:00:00 1862.50 2019-12-01 BB