egypt

I actually knew nothing about Arab Spring before today’s class. So I learned about this series of anti-government protests and violent riots that started in the Middle East in early 2011. Since our group’s topic is specific to Egypt, we tagged news articles relating to Egypt’s political turmoil. What was interesting to me was how Arab Spring was really mobilized through various forms of social media. Bloggers, especially through Twitter, allowed for the widespread knowledge of important events to be taken in by mass amounts of people, both in the area and not.