CAP Event - Lessons from Egypt: Using Social Media to Map the Future Political Landscape

Social Media and Future Politics: A Focus on Egypt presentation for Center for American Progress March 22, 2011 John Kelly, Ph.D. Chief Scientist

Egyptian Weblog Descriptions: ,[object Object]

This is the blog of a young Egyptian medical student who rages at the government of Egypt and the country's social ills. She writes angrily about sexual harassers, expresses her hatred for Hosni and Gamal Mubarak, and supports uprisings and strikes in the country.

This is the blog of an Egyptian whose interest is computers, the Internet, and programming. He promotes contributing to Arabic Wikipedia and writes about how he prefers to blog than work while at his office. Although most of his blog is apolitical, he promoted the general strikes in Egypt when they occurred, supporting the anti-Mubarak opposition.,[object Object]

This is the blog of an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood member called BahebMisr, or "I love Egypt." The blogger is relentlessly critical of Mubarak, who he calls Abu al-Fasad, or "Father of Corruption," the kind of statement that could get a print journalist jailed.

This Egyptian blogger calls herself "WahidaMasriya," or "One Egyptian." She is a leftist associated with the Kifaya movement, and has the Kifaya slogan "down with Mubarak" emblazoned in her profile. She writes in support of feminism, against torture, and also speaks favorably of coalescing with the Muslim Brotherhood against the government.,[object Object]

Part 1: The Evidence is There …and was there already by 2008

Part 2: Network Topology >> Political Landscape

Major Zones: Egyptian Blogosphere

Egypt Focus: Human Rights/Kefaya

Egypt Focus: Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt Focus: Literary/Poetic Women

Egypt Focus: Culture/Family Human Rights/Kefaya Muslim Brotherhood Secular Leftist

Iranian Blogosphere: mixed networks Poetry CyberShi’a Religious Youth Opposition Conservative Politics Reformist

Egyptian vs. Iranian Networks: Egyptian Blogosphere Iranian Blogosphere

Arabic vs. Iranian Networks: Strong division between secular and Islamist cultural and political zones. Two sides deeply antagonistic. Secular/Opposition Islamist/Pro-Government Egyptian Blogosphere Iranian Blogosphere

Arabic vs. Iranian Networks: Multiple ideological/political groups integrated via culture/family-oriented clusters. All sides opposed Mubarak, used “bridging” language. Culture/Family Political/Ideological Groupings Egyptian Blogosphere Iranian Blogosphere

Part 3: Bridges vs. Bases: the importance, and limitations of core elites

Arabic Uprising Followers Net Twitter Networks

Twitter hashtags #iranelection

Arabic Uprising Followers Net Twitter Networks Tunisia Iran Egypt Transnational Elite Bahrain Jordan

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CAP Event - Lessons from Egypt: Using Social Media to Map the Future Political Landscape

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