My CORE teacher posted this link with a video from PBS on Moodle. Mohammed El-Nawawy from Queens University of Charlotte is being interviewed about social Medias roll in Egypt. He argues that Facebook and Twitters roll in the protest has been significant but not as big as western media has made it look like.
Analysts add that even though only 15-18 percent of Egyptians regularly access the Internet, the content of blogs, tweets and Facebook posts can also spread via word-of-mouth to rally an entire population.
It kind of relates to what we talked about in class; it’s all about perception. Media can choose to show only parts of the picture. This is something we need to consider while consuming information.
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