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Jazz Hedrick

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Egypt Socialmedia internet

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      Jazz Hedrick on 24 Mar 13
       
      They used social networks as organization tools. They were quick, easy and accurate.
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      Jazz Hedrick on 24 Mar 13
       
      The government believed that once it had placed restrictions on technology that the uprising would slow or halt effectively allowing them to gain control of the situation, however, the protesters rallied together and gained even more support despite the greatest efforts of the Mubarak government
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      Jazz Hedrick on 24 Mar 13
       
      They used social media as alternative press: reporting on events on the ground, uploading text and video directly to the internet or feeding the information and videos to media outlets. 
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      Jazz Hedrick on 24 Mar 13
       
      Social media networks were the main source of on the ground information during the uprising. Journalists identified key bloggers from before the protests broke out and used them as a way to verify the information the were gathering from other sources.
reanna woolsey

Can social networking boost literacy skills? - 0 views

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literacy social networking education technology reading socialmedia writing

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  • The answer seems to be that they do. The National Literacy Trust found that social networking sites and blogs help students to develop more positive attitudes toward writing and to become more confident in their writing abilities.
  • 49 per cent of young people believe that writing is “boring.” However, students who use technology-based texts such as blogs have more positive attitudes toward writing. Whereas 60 per cent of bloggers say that they enjoy writing, only 40 per cent of non-bloggers find writing enjoyable.
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    social networking helps improve literacy 
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