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Jillian C. York
anti-
corruption
anti-censorship
#sidibouzid
The Domino Effect
Suppression
Mahalla
But...
Silencing Speech
The Al Jazeera Effect
Internet v. Mobile
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140
120
100
Egypt
Tunisia
80 Libya
60
40
20
0
Internet penetration Mobile penetration
Clicktivism vs. Activism?
“The media blackout,
disinformation and censorship
continue to show their
limitations. We have never been
so well informed about what is
happening...The border between
the real and virtual worlds has
never been so tight.”
-Selim, 2011
(@Selim_)
“The Distributed Truth
Engine”
http://bit.ly/fnqE
“social media has created a
sort of alternate space for
reviving a dormant public
consciousness into a
sentient, dynamic social
discourse”
-Hani Morsi,
2011
(@hanimorsi)
“They thought that they might
prevent people from
communicating and arranging for
further demonstrations. But the
truth is that such information
blackout made me...eager to
participate in the "Friday of
Anger"”
-Tarek Amr, 2011
(@gr33ndata)
“Our strength will always
stem from the fact that
we’ll have one foot in the
cyberspace, and, more
importantly, the other foot
will be on the ground.”
-Hossam El-Hamalawy,
2008
(@3arabawy)
Thank you!
Jillian C. York
jilliancyork@gmail.com
@jilliancyork
http://jilliancyork.com