Egypt's Ongoing Uprising and the Role of Social Media: Is there Development?

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-91

  Kamel, Sherif H ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; information and communication technology in developing nations; social and political transformation; social media; social networking; uprising

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

DEVELOPING NATIONS; EGYPT; SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; UPRISING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84894337622     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2013.840948     Document Type: Article

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