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Online Portfolio for Rhetoric class 201TRANSCRIPT
Ahmed KandilRhet 201
Section 27Spring2012Dr.
Michael Gibson
Table of contents: Page Number
Reflection Paper 3
Free writing Journals 4
First Draft 10
Final Draft 15
Works Cited 23
Annotated Bibliography 25
Reflection Paper
I organized my portfolio by putting the free writing journal first then the first draft then
my final draft. After that I put the works cited page then the annotated bibliography. I put my
staff in this order because this is the progress that I went through in this course. On the other
hand, I enjoyed the course a lot because it was very interesting. The course was quite interesting
and Mike was one of the best teachers I have ever met. The content was good and the course was
different because the idea of the I-search paper and how to turn the journals into the paper. The
students were funny and helpful. I enjoyed their presentations and I hope the enjoyed mine.
Moreover, I enjoyed going to the library and the way we are searching. I am also very happy to
work with Dr Michael because I learned a lot from him. Whenever I looked to his face, I felt that
I am doing well because he was always smiling. To sum up, this English course was my best one
ever. I used to hate English courses because they were boring except this course which I found it
interesting. I hope that I did well in the course and presented a good topic that would help me
passing the course. To sum up, this English course was a very good experiment that gave me
more help and experience to use in my coming learning life.
Free Writing
Journals
Feb 1. Today is our first day in the Rhet class. I feel comfortable with the teacher and the student
although i know no one from the students. The teacher told us to choose a topic to write on our
paper then he told us about the I-search which he preferred this name much more than research. I
chose many topics which are Soccer, Egyptian revolution and cycling and tried to express what I
chose them and what I will do on them. We talked about the electronic portfolio on issue.com
and how to make a portfolio to keep things online. We also mentioned what the course will be
about and what we should do in this course such as journals. Finally we left the class waiting for
another one.
Feb 5. Today is off because of what happened in port said and we have an AUC student was
dead there so the campus is off today and we did not go to the class but I am still searching about
the topic and trying to make it narrow and find some sources.
Feb 8. We back today from the break. We started to discuss the topics we choose in the class any
why each one chooses this topic and what he will talk about. We shared some ideas, thoughts
and the class was funny and interesting. The teacher told us about the sources that we should get
six sources that relate to your topic which support your ideas and be helpful.
Feb 12. Today also is off because of the general strike that AUC student will do protesting
against Military Council for the way he is ruling the country and asking them to give the
authority to elected president. Therefore, the campus give this day free to the students to express
their feelings fairly.
Feb 15. I chose my topic which is the Egyptian revolution. I chose this topic because I really
appreciate our great victory that we did. I was one of the people that was in Tahrir square and i
spend their more than 10 days so I know that what happened was really great. I want to know
how the media cover the revolution and what is believable and what is not. I decided to search
for this topic because I am really interested to know more about the revolution and to see other
peoples’ opinions that I did not see when I was in the square. I get 6 sources that should help me
in my topic and started in analyzing them and see what happened in the Square from the media
point of view. I discussed my topic in the class and listened to many other topics for my friends.
Some were interested to me and some were not. Finally, we finish the class, it was quite
interesting.
Feb 19. Today i did not go to the class because I am tired and I went to the hospital and take
some medicine because my heartbeat was too fast and i do not know the reason. Therefore, i did
not do anything for today because I am really tired.
Feb 22. I changed my topic again to be the media and its effects. I preferred to focus on media
because I think that media is the main reason for what happened all over the world. Also, the
media was having a great effect in the Egyptian revolution the clearly showed during and after it.
In my opinion, media is a double edged weapon that can help in constructing or destroying a
country. Therefore, i chose to focus more on media and try to know more and who to trust and
who is not. We had more discussion today in the class and I started to find more sources that will
support me.
Feb 26. Today also was unlucky day for me because i felt from the stairs and my leg hurt me a
lot and I went to the clinic and the doctor told me that I should rest and do not do any effort so I
left with my friend early to deliver me by his car because I was not able to take the bus. Finally, I
went home and take some rest and also I did not do anything for this day.
March 14. Today I was conferencing with Dr. Michael and started my interview by asking him
about his opinion of the media in Egypt especially during the revolution. He said that the
Egyptian mass media had no credibility at all because they were viewing the Nile and the Tahrir
square while he was empty so he was watching some other channels such as Al-Jazeera. He
laughed and imitate what happened in Egypt with what happened in AUC magazines. He said
that that same thing happened here because Caravan is not showing all the truth because it is
controlled by AUC media department while Dimensions is free to tell the news that way it wants.
March 19. Today I continued my interviews by asking my family about their opinions for the
media during the Egyptian revolution. My father said that Egypt mass media was always lying
on us so he called it the government mass media. Moreover, my mother said that “I do not know
what is the purpose of lying on people, what they do not know is that by this way the people will
become more angry”.
March 23. I was in Tahrir square today to buy a laptop from l Bostan Mall so on my way back I
decided to interviewing some people who still in Tahrir Square. I gave the laptop to one of my
friends and went to ask people about how was the media during the revolution from their
perspective. I asked 6 people and 4 of them told me that they did not see any media channels
during the revolution because they know well that they were absolutely lying while the other 2
were watching Al-Jazeera such as most of the people all over the world did because they saw
that the Egyptian media channels were deceiving people by showing an empty square while at
the same time the square had more than 2 million person.
March 26. I continued my online searching and I choose many topics that related to Media and
revolution that supported my topic. The first was “Media and International Cascading Effects:
The Egyptian Revolution’s Cairo-Alexandria Interdependency” and this was talking about how
social media caused the Egyptian revolution and the impact it has. It talks in three dimensions.
First dimension, vertically with the start of the Tunisian revolution which transferred to Egypt
through Kolena Khaled Said page. Second horizontally, young people had the courage to go to
the streets also social media helped to expand it to all Egyptians. Third, Compounding effect,
From Tunisia to Egypt to Syria to Iran to Algeria and China, social media is also playing a
pivotal role in scaling connections between people, in achieving density, in disseminating
courage and in countering misinformation generated by oppressive regimes in many countries
around the world.
My Second topic was “How Social Media Is Keeping the Egyptian Revolution Alive” and this
was taking about Social media on the internet is what keeping the Egyptian revolution alive.
Despite the fact that the estimated number of Egyptians who use twitter and Facebook is 10
million from the 80 million. Social media used its power to raise funds to help poor areas in
Egypt. The source also says that the celebration of the revolution came really early and most of
the people did not see that the change was not complete and the revolution was not complete.
The third one was a blog which has a title of “Was Egypt an Internet Revolution?” it talks about
the role of technology and social media like Facebook and twitter in the uprising in the Egyptian
revolution which made the biggest change ever that no one anticipated. Therefore, the writer see
that what happened in Egypt is called an Internet revolution. My fourth topic was “Exactly What
Role Did Social Media Play in the Egyptian Revolution?” it talked about The role of social
media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders
and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to
take action which means that media was the tool that connect people thoughts together and
become one hand such as what happened in Khalid Said page and on Twitter also. The media
also helped people reach some important characters which led the revolution such as Asmaa
Mahfouz and Wael Ghoneim.
Apr 1. I continued my online search to find more sources that may help me in my search and I
found “Media effects Research” this book is talking about social media and how it affect the
societies. First, he defines what media is and what is the importance of media and how the media
message is persuade people without even trying. Furthermore, he talked about the branches that
media affect on the society such as Sexual, politics, religion and its big effect on children.
Moreover, he gave a brief history of media effects on societies and he showed that how was the
media helped in changing the world such as it was the reason for many wars all over the world
which destroyed countries and constructing other ones. Furthermore, I found another book which
called “Communication as culture” Which talks about Media and how it became one of the most
important tool that deliver the information to the people so the writer consider the media become
part from our culture because he consider the media is very important in our daily life. Moreover,
I found “Media Effects” which is talking about the effect of media on people and it said that
media messages have a direct and significant effect on the knowledge, attitudes and even
behavior of members of the audience.
Another article which grasp my attention and I used it in my research is “Egypt’s Revolution
2.0 : The Facebook Factor” which talks about facebook and how it was one of the most factors
that affect the egyptian revolution such as “We are all Khaled Said” which was the main engine
that triggered the revolution. It also talks about 6 April movement and the role they played in the
egyptian revolution. Moreover, it clarified what happened in the first days of the revolution 25,
26, 27, 28 of January. Finally, the writer sees that “what happened in Egypt was not a Facebook
Revolution. But it could not have come about without the Facebook generation, generation 2.0,
who are taking, and with their fellow citizens, making history”. Furthermore, I found the article
“The Egyptian e-Revolution and the Role of Social Networking” which really was a helpful
source which had a lot of information that helped me understand more about the role of social
media because it clearly shows that role of all social media such as Facebook, twitter, Youtube,
and blogs. and it also give information about the beginning of the revolution and how was the
idea come to the mind and the planning for the ideal till the victory of our generation against the
unjust rulers.
Media Effect on Egyptian revolution 2012
First Draft
Intro:
Today is our first day in the Rhet class and I feel comfortable with the teacher and the
student although i know no one from the students. In one of our first classes the teacher told us to
choose a topic that we want to know more about and to form a search question to write on our
paper.Then he told us about the I search which he preferred this name much more than research.
I was confused to choose because I had many topics which are Soccer, Egyptian revolution and
cycling. Moreover, we talked about the electronic portfolio on issue.com and how to make a
portfolio to keep things online. We also mentioned what the course will be about and what we
should do in this course such as journals. Finally we left the class waiting for another one. I
choose Soccer because I love it much and I need to know more about it. I send my topic and
some sources to the doctor to reply by agree or disagree. Next day morning the doctor said ok for
the topic and I started to work on it.
I spent One week working on Soccer topic and we took two days break for the parlimant
elections and I was not know anyone from the people I should elect so I said to myself how am I
an egyptian citizen and I did not know who should I elect. In our area the Muslims Brotherhood
were the dominating people so I tried to know more about them. I go back to their history and I
remember their effective role in our great revolution so I decided to change my topic to know
more for the Muslims Brotherhood. After searching the internet I found that I will not be able to
write a whole draft for them but what took my attention that they were good people while the
media was showing them terrorists and killers. Finally I decided to know more about the media
and especially in the Egyptian revolution. Moreover, I chose this topic because I really
appreciate our great victory that we did. I was one of the people that were in Tahrir square and i
spend their more than 10 days so I know that what happened was really great. I want to know
how the media cover the revolution and what is believable and what is not. I decided to search
for this topic because I am really interested to know more about the revolution and to see other
peoples’ opinions that I did not see when I was in the square. I get 6 sources that should help me
in my topic and started in analyzing them and see what happened in the Square from the media
point of view so I send to Dr. Michael my new topic and my sources and he accept so I began in
writing my journal and searching for some articles and videos that will help me.
The story of my search:
I started my online search and I found a lot on media role in the revolution but I preferred
to start with some interviews so today I was conferencing with Dr. Michael and started my
interview by asking him about his opinion of the media in Egypt especially during the revolution.
He said that the Egyptian mass media had no credibility (Egyptian TV) at all because they were
viewing the Nile and the Tahrir square while he was empty so he was watching some other
channels such as Al-Jazeera. He laughed and imitates what happened in Egypt with what
happened in AUC magazines. He said that that same thing happened here because Caravan is not
showing all the truth because it is controlled by AUC media department while Dimensions is free
to tell the news that way it wants. Moreover, I continued my interviews by asking my family
about their opinions for the media during the Egyptian revolution. My father said that Egypt
mass media (TV) was always lying on us so he called it the government mass media. Moreover,
my mother said that “I do not know what the purpose of lying on people is, what they do not
know is that by this way the people will become more angry”
After many days I was in Tahrir square today to buy a laptop from l Bostan Mall so on
my way back I decided to interviewing some people who still in Tahrir Square. I gave the laptop
to one of my friends and went to ask people about how was the media during the revolution from
their perspective. I asked 6 people and 4 of them told me that they did not see any media
channels during the revolution because they know well that they were absolutely lying while the
other 2 were watching Al-Jazeera such as most of the people all over the world did because they
saw that the Egyptian media channels were deceiving people by showing an empty square while
at the same time the square had more than 2 million person. Finally, after finshing my interviews
I back to continue my online search to find more supportive sources and trying to get some
videos.
What I found:
First, I defined mass media which is “refers collectively to all media technologies that are
intended to reach a large audience via mass communication”. Then I started searching on what is
social media and how it affect people and I found two sources that answered my question which
are “Media effects Research” that talk about social media and how it affect the societies. First, he
defines what media is and what is the importance of media and how the media message is
persuade people without even trying. Furthermore, he talked about the branches that media affect
on the society such as Sexual, politics, religion and its big effect on children. Moreover, he gave
a brief history of media effects on societies and he showed that how was the media helped in
changing the world such as it was the reason for many wars all over the world which destroyed
countries and constructing other ones. And the other is “Communication as culture” Which talks
about Media and how it became one of the most important tool that deliver the information to
the people so the writer consider the media become part from our culture because he consider the
media is very important in our daily life. Moreover, I found “Media Effects” which is talking
about the effect of media on people and it said that media messages have a direct and significat
effect on the knowledge, attitudes and even behaviors of members of the audience.
Second, I focused my search on the role that media play during the revolution time
espically the e-media which are Facebook, twitter, Youtube and Blogs. I found many articles that
talks about this issue which are “How Social Media Is Keeping the Egyptian Revolution Alive”
this article was taking about Social media on the internet is what keeping the Egyptian revolution
alive. Despite the fact that the estimated number of Egyptians who use twitter and Facebook is
10 million from the 80 million. Social media used its power to raise funds to help poor areas in
Egypt. The source also says that the celebration of the revolution came really early and most of
the people did not see that the change was not complete and the revolution was not complete.
Furthermore, I found “Exactly What Role Did Social Media Play in the Egyptian Revolution?”
which was talking about the role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive
dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the
network of people who become willing to take action which means that media was the tool that
connect people thoughts together and become one hand such as what happened in Khalid Said
page and on Twitter also. The media also helped people reach some important characters which
led the revolution such as Asmaa Mahfouz and Wael Ghoneim.
While I am continuing my online search I found two articles that mention the main idea
which help me a lot because of their analyzing for the role of every social network and these
articles are “Egypt’s Revolution 2.0 : The Facebook Factor” which talks about facebook and how
it was one of the most factors that affect the Egyptian revolution such as “We are all Khalid
Said” which was the main engine that triggered the revolution. It also talks about 6 April
movement and the role they played in the Egyptian revolution. Moreover, it clarified what
happened in the first days of the revolution 25, 26, 27, 28 of January. Finally, the writer sees that
“what happened in Egypt was not a Facebook Revolution. But it could not have come about
without the Facebook generation, generation 2.0, who are taking, and with their fellow citizens,
making history”. And the other one was “The Egyptian e-Revolution and the Role of Social
Networking” which really was a helpful source which had a lot of information that helped me
understand more about the role of social media because it clearly shows that role of all social
media such as Facebook “It is the primary tool for the revolution that converted it to a real e-
Revolution.The Facebook role was essential through the demonstration process in planning,
providing news and getting updates”. Twitter “while the protesters were in the streets moving
from Cairo areas, Twitter was the best method to send direct status and updates about the current
situation. Youtube “as a video sharing application, demonstrators were able to document the
events and share it with the world through video proofs and evidence about what is really
happening out there. Although the press was covering the events in depth, the people’s video
contribution showed us events that could not be covered by the press reporters”. Blogs “in the
time where there is no real press freedom, professional and amateur writers only have the web
and blogs to let their words get heard. Blogs give everyone on the web a way to share thoughts
and ideas in a personalized way which sounds like a good tool for activists to spread their ideas”.
and it also give information about the beginning of the revolution and how was the idea come to
the mind and the planning for the ideal till the victory of our generation against the unjust rulers.
Media Effect on Egyptian revolution
Final Draft
Intro:
Today is our first day in the English class and I feel comfortable with the teacher and the
student although I know no one from the students. In one of our first classes the teacher told us to
choose a topic that we want to know more about and to form a search question to write on our
paper. Then he told us about the I-search which he preferred this name much more than research.
I was confused to choose because I had many topics in my head which are Soccer, Egyptian
revolution and cycling. Moreover, we talked about the electronic portfolio on issue.com and how
to make a portfolio to keep things online. We also mentioned what the course will be about and
what we should do in this course such as journals. After deep thinking I choose Soccer because I
love it much and I need to know more about it. I send my topic and some sources to the doctor to
reply by agree or disagree. Next day morning the doctor said ok for the topic and I started to
work on it.
I spent One week working on Soccer topic until we took two days break for the
parliament elections. I was not know anyone from the people I should elect so I said to myself
how am I an Egyptian citizen and I did not know who should I elect. In our area the Muslims
Brotherhood were the dominating people such as most of Egypt so I tried to know more about
them. I went back to their history and I remember their effect in our great revolution so I decided
to change my topic to know more for the Muslims Brotherhood. After searching the internet I
found that I will not be able to write a whole draft for them but what took my attention that they
are good people who care for the country while the media was showing them terrorists and
killers. After thinking for all these staff I decided to know more about the media role and
especially the social media in the Egyptian revolution. I also choose this topic because I really
appreciate our great victory that we did and tried to know more about the factors that affect the
revolution. I was one of the people that were in Tahrir square and I spend their more than 10
days so I really know that what happened was really great. I want to know how the media cover
the revolution and what is believable and what is not. I decided to search for this topic because I
am really interested to know more about the revolution and to see other peoples’ opinions that I
did not see when I was in the square. I get 6 sources that should help me in my topic and started
in analyzing them and see what happened in the Square from the media point of view so I sent to
Dr. Michael my new topic and my sources and he accepted so I began in writing my journal and
searching for some articles and videos that would help me.
The story of my search:
I started my online search and I found a lot on media role in the revolution but I preferred
to start with some interviews so today I was conferencing with Dr. Michael and started my
interview by asking him about his opinion of the media in Egypt during the revolution. He said
that the Egyptian mass media had no credibility at all because they were viewing the Nile and an
empty Tahrir square while the people were covering the streets so he was watching other
channels such as Al-Jazeera. While he was taking he laughed and imitates what happened in
Egypt with what happened in AUC magazines. He said that the same thing happened here in
campus because Caravan is not showing all the truth because it is controlled by AUC media
department while Dimensions is free to tell the news the way it wants. Moreover, I continued my
interviews by asking my family about their opinions for the media during the Egyptian
revolution. My father said that Egypt mass media (TV) was always lying on us so he called it the
government mass media. Moreover, my mother said that “I do not know what the purpose of
lying on people is, what they do not know is that by this way the people will become more
angry”
After many days I was in Tahrir square buying a laptop from l Bostan Mall so on my
way back I decided interviewing some people who still in Tahrir Square. I went to ask people
about how was the media during the revolution from their perspective. I asked 6 people and 4 of
them told me that they did not see any Egyptian channels during the revolution because they
know well that they were absolutely lying while the other 2 were watching Al-Jazeera such as
most of the people all over the world did because they saw that the Egyptian media channels
were deceiving people by showing an empty square while at the same time the square had more
than 2 million person. Finally, after finishing my interviews I back to continue my online search
to find more supportive sources and trying to get some videos.
What I found:
First, I defined mass media which is “refers collectively to all media technologies that are
intended to reach a large audience via mass communication”. Then I started searching on what is
social media and how it affect people and I found two books that helped me answering my
question which were “Media effects Research” and “Communication as culture”. The first was
talking about social media and how it affects the societies. First, he defined what media is, what
the importance of media is and how the media message is persuading people without even trying.
Furthermore, he talked about the branches that media affect on the society such as Sexual,
politics, religion and its big effect on children. Moreover, he gave a brief history of media effects
on societies and he showed that how was the media helped in changing the world such as it was
the reason for many wars all over the world which destroyed countries and constructing other
ones. And the other one was “Communication as culture” Which talked about Media and how it
became one of the most important tool that deliver the information to the people so the writer
consider the media become part from our culture because he consider the media is very
important in our daily life. Moreover, I found “Media Effects” which was talking about the effect
of media on people and it said that media messages have a direct and significant effect on the
knowledge, attitudes and even behaviors of members of the audience.
Second, I focused my search on the role that media play during the revolution time
especially the e-media which are Facebook, twitter, Youtube and Blogs. I found many articles
that talk about this issue which are “How Social Media Is Keeping the Egyptian Revolution
Alive” and “Exactly What Role Did Social Media Play in the Egyptian Revolution?” The first
article was taking about Social media on the internet and what is keeping the Egyptian revolution
alive. Despite the fact that the estimated number of Egyptians who use twitter and Facebook is
10 million from the 80 million. Social media used its power to raise funds to help poor areas in
Egypt. The article also said that the celebration of the revolution came really early and most of
the people did not see that the change was not complete and the revolution was not complete.
The second article I found was talking about the role of social media is critical because it helps to
spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens
rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to take action which means that
media was the tool that connect people thoughts together and become one hand such as what
happened in Khaled Said page and on Twitter also. The media also helped people reach some
important characters which led the revolution such as Asmaa Mahfouz and Wael Ghoneim.
While I am continuing my online search I found two articles that mentioned the main
idea which help me a lot because of their analyzing for the role of every social network and these
articles are “Egypt’s Revolution 2.0: The Facebook Factor” which talked about facebook and
how it was one of the most factors that affect the Egyptian revolution such as “We are all Khalid
Said” which was the main engine that triggered the revolution. It also talks about 6 April
movement and the role they played in the Egyptian revolution. Moreover, it clarified what
happened in the first days of the revolution 25, 26, 27, 28 of January. Finally, the writer saw that
“what happened in Egypt was not a Facebook Revolution. But it could not have come about
without the Facebook generation, generation 2.0, who were taking, and with their fellow citizens,
making history”. And the other one was “The Egyptian e-Revolution and the Role of Social
Networking” which really was a helpful source which had a lot of information that helped me
understand more about the role of social media. It clearly showed that role of all social media
which are Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Blogs. First, “Facebook was the primary tool for the
revolution that converted it to a real e-revolution. The Facebook role was essential through the
demonstration process in planning, providing news and getting updates”. Twitter “while the
protesters were in the streets moving from Cairo areas, Twitter was the best method to send
direct status and updates about the current situation. Youtube “as a video sharing application,
demonstrators were able to document the events and share it with the world through video proofs
and evidence about what is really happening out there. Although the press was covering the
events in depth, the people’s video contribution showed us events that could not be covered by
the press reporters”. Blogs “in the time where there was no real press freedom, professional and
amateur writers only have the web and blogs to let their words get heard. Blogs gave everyone
on the web a way to share thoughts and ideas in a personalized way which sounds like a good
tool for activists to spread their ideas”. and it also give information about the beginning of the
revolution and how was the idea come to the mind and the planning for the ideal till the victory
of our generation against the unjust rulers. Furthermore, I also found a video for Wael Ghoniem
while he was talking to CNN channel after the president Mubarak resigned and he talked about
what is happening in Egypt and clearly mentioned the importance of Facebook and all of the
social media because he said that this revolution started online and became an e-revolution.
On the other hand, I found a good article that I also used because it connected what
happened in Egypt by what happened in Tunisia. The article “Media and International Cascading
Effects: The Egyptian Revolution’s Cairo-Alexandria Interdependency” which has three
dimensions was talking about how social media caused the Egyptian revolution and the impact it
has. First, the Tunisian revolution transferred to Egypt through Kolena Khalid Said page.
Second, young people had the courage to go to the streets also social media helped to expand it
to all Egyptians. Third, Compounding effect, From Tunisia to Egypt to Syria to Iran to Algeria
and China, social media is also playing a pivotal role in scaling connections between people, in
achieving density, in disseminating courage and in countering misinformation generated by
oppressive regimes in many countries around the world.
To conclude, I think that social media was the real connection between Egyptians during
the revolution time. Socially media especially facebook helped people a lot to connect to each
other easily and to know the news and the updates that happened in the Tahrir square. I do not
think that we were able to continuo struggling against the corrupt system without the role of
social media because not only social media gave the updates but also they always gave the hope
to the people and told them that we could make it and we would about make it.
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Franklin, Pop. "Media effects." Credo reference: Smart Research Starts Here. N.p., 2005. Web. 15 April 2012. <http://www.credoreference.com.library.aucegypt.edu:2048/entry/sageukjour/media_effects>.
Grusin, Richard. "Was Egypt an Internet Revolution?."premeditation. N.p., 10-02-2011. Web. 15 April 2012. <http://premediation.blogspot.com/2011/02/egypt-revolution-and-agency-of.html>.
Herrera, Linda. "Egypt's Revolution 2.0: The Facebook Factor." Jadaliyya. N.p., 12-02-2011. Web. 15 April 2012. <http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/612/egypts-revolution-2.0_the-facebook-factor>.
Mainwaring, Simon. "Exactly What Role Did Social Media Play in the Egyptian Revolution?." Fast Company. N.p., 14-02-2011. Web. 15 April 2012. <http://www.fastcompany.com/1727466/exactly-what-role-did-social-media-play-in-the-egyptian-revolution>.
“Mass Media.” Oxford. Online version. 2010
Sparks, Glenn. Media Effects Research. Third. Boston, USA: 1976. eBook. <http://www.google.com.eg/books?hl=en&lr=&id=s_Gh_E3uOEQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=media effects on society&ots=VAgg2oJ9nl&sig=DWCBCSsLiDP6QyzZ9HIFsVj7GIE&redir_esc=y
Annotated Bibliography
How the media played a big role in the Egyptian revolution 2011?
Ali, Amro. "Media and Intranational Cascading Effects: The Egyptian Revolution’s Cairo-Alexandria Interdependency." Egypt & Middle East Scholar. N.p., 05-09-2011. Web. 15 April 2012. <http://amroali.com/2011/09/media-and-intranational-cascading-effects-the-egyptian-revolutions-cairo-alexandria-interdependency/>.
The article is talking about how social media caused the Egyptian revolution and the impact it has. It talks in three dimensions. First dimension, vertically with the start of the Tunisian revolution which transferred to Egypt through Kolena Khaled Said page. Second horizontally, young people had the courage to go to the streets also social media helped to expand it to all Egyptians. Third, Compounding effect, From Tunisia to Egypt to Syria to Iran to Algeria and China, social media is also playing a pivotal role in scaling connections between people, in achieving density, in disseminating courage and in countering misinformation generated by oppressive regimes in many countries around the world.
Aitamurto, Tanja. "How Social Media Is Keeping the Egyptian Revolution Alive." Media Shif: Your Guide to the digital media revolution. N.p., 13-09-2011. Web. 15 April 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/09/how-social-media-is-keeping-the-egyptian-revolution-alive256.html>.
Social media on the internet is what keeping the Egyptian revolution alive. Despite the fact that the estimated number of Egyptians who use twitter and Facebook is 10 million from the 80 million. Social media used its power to raise funds to help poor areas in Egypt. The source also says that the celebration of the revolution came really early and most of the people did not see that the change was not complete and the revolution was not complete.
Carey, James. Communication as culture. Revised. UK: Routledge, 2009. <http://www.google.com.eg/books?hl=en&lr=&id=hZO1Xmus5_AC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=media effects on society&ots=m7HFWZPhfB&sig=X3kH6GFoKwRNBbJXxHozcU55yMo&redir_esc=y
This book is talking about Media and how it become one of the most important tool that deliver the information to the people so the writer consider the media become part from our culture because he consider the media is very important in our daily life.
Elmansy, Rafiq. "The Egyptian eRevolution and the Role of Social Networking Read more: http://www.graphicmania.net/the-egyptian-erevolution-and-the-role-of-social-networking/
The article was a really helpful source which had a lot of information that helped me understand more about the role of social media because it clearly shows that role of all social media such as Facebook, twitter, Youtube, and blogs. and it also give information about the beginning of the revolution and how was the idea come to the mind and the planning for the ideal till the victory of our generation against the unjust rulers.
Franklin, Pop. "Media effects." Credo reference: Smart Research Starts Here. N.p., 2005. Web. 15 April 2012. <http://www.credoreference.com.library.aucegypt.edu:2048/entry/sageukjour/media_effects>.
The article is talking about the effect of media on people and it said that media messages have a direct and significant effect on the knowledge, attitudes and even behaviour of members of the audience.
Grusin, Richard. "Was Egypt an Internet Revolution?."premeditation. N.p., 10-02-2011. Web. 15 April 2012. <http://premediation.blogspot.com/2011/02/egypt-revolution-and-agency-of.html>.
It talks about the role of technology and social media like Facebook and twitter in the uprising in the Egyptian revolution which made the hugest change ever that no one anticipated. Therefore, the writer see that waht happened in Egypt is called an Internet revolution.
Herrera, Linda. "Egypt's Revolution 2.0: The Facebook Factor." Jadaliyya. N.p., 12-02-2011. Web. 15 April 2012. <http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/612/egypts-revolution-2.0_the-facebook-factor>.
the article is talking about facebook and how it was one of the most factors that affect the egyptian revolution such as “We are all Khaled Said” which was the main engine that triggered the revolution. It also talks about 6 April movement and the role they played in the egyptian revolution. Moreover, it clarified what happened in the first days of the revolution 25, 26, 27, 28 of january . Finally, the writer see that “what happened in Egypt was not a Facebook Revolution. But it could not have come about without the Facebook generation, generation 2.0, who are taking, and with their fellow citizens, making history”.
Mainwaring, Simon. "Exactly What Role Did Social Media Play in the Egyptian Revolution?." Fast Company. N.p., 14-02-2011. Web. 15 April 2012. <http://www.fastcompany.com/1727466/exactly-what-role-did-social-media-play-in-the-egyptian-revolution>.
It talked about The role of social media is critical because it helps to spread cognitive dissonance by connecting thought leaders and activists to ordinary citizens rapidly expanding the network of people who become willing to take action which means that media was the tool that connect people thoughts together and become one hand such as what happened in Khaled Said page and on Twitter also. The media also helped people reach some important characters which led the revolution such as Asmaa Mahfouz and Wael Ghoniem.
“Mass Media.” Oxford. Online version. 2010
Sparks, Glenn. Media Effects Research. Third. Boston, USA: 1976. eBook. <http://www.google.com.eg/books?hl=en&lr=&id=s_Gh_E3uOEQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=media effects on society&ots=VAgg2oJ9nl&sig=DWCBCSsLiDP6QyzZ9HIFsVj7GIE&redir_esc=y
This book is talking about social media and how it affect the societies. First, he defines what is media and what is the importance of media and how is the media message persuade people without even trying. Furthermore, he talked about the branches that media affect on the society such as Sexual, politics, religion and its big effect on children. Moreover, he gave a breief history of media effects on socities and he showed that how was the media helped in changing the world such as it was the reason for many wars all over the world which destroyed countries and conustructing other ones.
