[lbo-talk] The role of social media in the Egyptian uprising

Marv Gandall marvgand at gmail.com
Sat Feb 12 06:21:37 PST 2011


On 2011-02-12, at 9:04 AM, Eric Beck wrote:


> "The emancipatory potential of the internet does not mean that
> Facebook, Google, and Twitter are the main weapons of the 21st century
> democratic rebellions, as the media often simplistically claims. These
> are important channels, crucial at points, for the dissemination of
> resonances produced in the streets by bodies that for the most part do
> not tweet. The main weapon of democratic, non-violent rebellions still
> is, and will always be, bodies in the streets producing resonance..."
>
> http://spaceandpolitics.blogspot.com/2011/02/resonance-and-egyptian-revolution.html

Nicely sums it up.



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