Abstract
Radsch offers an inside look at how Egyptian youth used new media technologies and social networks to lay the groundwork for the uprising that deposed President Hosni Mubarak after more than two decades in power. Based on on-the-ground research in Egypt and in online spaces in the years prior to the uprising, Radsch provides a unique perspective on how blogging and social media activism developed, from Kefaya to the April 6 movement to We Are All Khaled Said. She shows how the arrests and torture of young activists had the unintended consequence of spurring further activism.
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Radsch, C.C. (2016). Cyberactivism and Egypt’s Youth Movement. In: Cyberactivism and Citizen Journalism in Egypt. Information Technology and Global Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-48069-9_5
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