Capture the essence of how and why people were "living in public." The characteristics of online behavior were diverse to say the least. However, I documented recurring traits and organized them into 18 categories.
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Very interesting analysis of online roles that are played by the "faceless" millions online. Well worth looking through and considering where we fit.
Opinions might be conflicted, some people can see that all revolutions through the history succeeded with the absent of technology, and if people stayed in front of PC screens, who would participate in the demonstrations.
On the other side, many opinions say that the online social networks provided e-communities helped to promote the anti governing systems ideas, and to call and organize the demonstrations, and to disseminate news from the heart of the events. Regardless of this conflict, we have a striking phenomenon and should be monitored.
we can define three main roles of Facebook and Twitter in January demonstrations; Call for demonstrations, dissemination of demonstrations news, and increasing information circulation
This article discusses how internet played main role in the January revolution of Egyptian, and how RAND foundation report expected what happened, this report was published in 2003 and discussed the relation between technology and non-democratic regimes in Middle East and North Africa.