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Egyptian Revolution 2.0: Political Blogging, Civic Engagement, and Citizen Journalism

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), viii, 241 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 219-233, index

Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication

ISBN 978-1-137-02092-5 (ebook); 978-1-349-43759-7 (pbk)

"This book sheds light on the growing phenomenon of cyberactivism in the Arab world, with a special focus on the Egyptian political blogosphere and its role in paving the way to democratization and socio-political change in Egypt, which culminated in Egypt's historical popular revolution." (Publisher descripton)
1 Blogging as cyberactivism: introductory themes, 1
2 Political blogging: (re)envisioning civic engagement and citizen journalism, 27
3 The Arab political blogosphere: the case of Egypt, 59
4 Blogging on violations of human rights and limitations on freedom, 87
5 Blogging on governmental corruption, 143
6 The future of political blogging in Egypt: looking ahead, 195