Role of social media in Egyptian uprising
| April 13, 2011- Artist: Adel Iskandar
- Title: Role of social media in Egyptian uprising
- Album: Redeye: Vancouver Cooperative Radio
- Genre: Interview
- Year: 2011
- Length: 16:28 minutes (15.09 MB)
- Format: Stereo 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
Show Notes:
Redeye speaks with media scholar Adel Iskandar about the part that Facebook and other social media did -- and did not -- play in the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. Iskandar is co-author of the first major analysis of the satellite TV network Al Jazeera published in 2002. He writes a regular column for the English website of an independent Egyptian newspaper.
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