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'Spreaders' behind 'Twitter' catalyse mass movements
What is the factor that makes social networks tick and catalyses mass mobilisations in revolutions and protest movements worldwide?
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'Spreaders' behind 'Twitter' catalyse mass movements
What is the factor that makes social networks tick and catalyses mass mobilisations in revolutions and protest movements worldwide?
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Internet blackout drew many more to Cairo protests
For a segment of the young people of Egypt, the date to remember is not when Egyptians first took to the streets to shake off the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Rather, it is three days later - January 28, 2011 - the day the Internet died, or more precisely, was put to sleep by the Mubarak government.That was when some of them discovered a couple o...
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Egyptian man names daughter Facebook to mark revolt
An Egyptian man has named his new daughter Facebook to mark his country's recent revolution.Jamal Ibrahim, who is in his 20s, named his daughter after the social networking site because he was so happy with the role played by the site in organising protests in Egyptian cities, Daily Mail reported Sunday citing the Al-Ahram newspaper.The girl's full...
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'Spreaders' behind 'Twitter' catalyse mass movements
What is the factor that makes social networks tick and catalyses mass mobilisations in revolutions and protest movements worldwide?
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'Spreaders' behind 'Twitter' catalyse mass movements
What is the factor that makes social networks tick and catalyses mass mobilisations in revolutions and protest movements worldwide?
-
Internet blackout drew many more to Cairo protests
For a segment of the young people of Egypt, the date to remember is not when Egyptians first took to the streets to shake off the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Rather, it is three days later - January 28, 2011 - the day the Internet died, or more precisely, was put to sleep by the Mubarak government.That was when some of them discovered a couple o...
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Egyptian man names daughter Facebook to mark revolt
An Egyptian man has named his new daughter Facebook to mark his country's recent revolution.Jamal Ibrahim, who is in his 20s, named his daughter after the social networking site because he was so happy with the role played by the site in organising protests in Egyptian cities, Daily Mail reported Sunday citing the Al-Ahram newspaper.The girl's full...
