@egypt @arabspring

Although Arab Spring is known worldwide, prior to the first studio session, I had not known much about it; however, I do recall hearing about it a few years ago when it primarily emerged. Starting in 2009, a wave of protests and revolutions emerged and used Twitter, a renowned social networking site, to plan protests and share their ideas around the world. For example, in 2011, there was a revolt in Egypt against the regime of Hosni Mubarak.

When the Arab Spring was occuring in Egypt back in 2011, I paid some attention to it but did not fully understand the extent to which social media played a role in the revolution. Social media with respects to Facebook and Twitter allowed for the protestors to mobilize and as a result this also helped to inform people abroad about the events that were taking place. As a group we looked at articles relating to how the protests started and focused primarily on the role social media played.