Egypt's Protest and The Media's Influence

Dear Tthomas,

I agree to your essay about Egypt and its media influence because without the media, the Egyptians would have never gotten together to protest and won't know which date to come outside to protest. That social medias like Facebook and Twitter did play a major role in this revoltion and the people should deserve a better country and these social media is giving them the chance.

One sentence that you wrote that stood out to me ". We should avoid these things by staying neutral as a country. As far as individuals, we can get involved in many ways." I think that the United States shouldn't be involved since it would disrupt peae treaty and may cause a international crisis, somehow. Though without the United States involvement the Egyptian revoltion worked out pretty well from the help of social networking.

Another sentence that I found  very interesting was " As stated before there isn’t much for a country as a whole to do however, the media’s role in our life can helpa country like Egypt and other Arabic countries gain supporters and mental assistance." I can't say I disagree or agree to this controversial statement but this stood out to me since I thought a country was a group of people and the people makes and gives the power and hope one uses to change society, the people.

Thanks for your writing and I hope you can make more of your deep thinking essays with much controversy that makes ones think not just read about a piece of textual information.

I sympathize with your post, “Egypt's Protest and the Media's Influence,” because I feel the media is putting more pressure on Mubarak. The pressure from the protests and the media had contributed to his stepping down.

One sentence you wrote that stands out for me is: “Even though U.S is not getting involved, people have taken the extra step to help in their own way.” I think this is true because the spreading the news of the 2011 Egyptian Protests had created even more pressure on Mubarak. All in all, the protests were successful and the peoples’ determination to make Mubarak leave was a great weapon.

Another sentence that I found true was: “The images and footages that were presented were completely shocking.” This stood out for me because I have seen some of the images and they are indeed shocking.
I do agree with you that media is very influential. One reason I say this is because of the evidence such as Mubarak resigning.
Thanks for your writing. I look forward to seeing what you write next.

Dear Tiffany,

I have a feeling that I will enjoy reading your post so I decided to read it. Your post," Egypt's Protest and the Media's Influence" was very interesting to read indeed. Your thoughts are very similar to mine. I also think the U.S should be involved for certain reasons, and they should not as well for other reasons.

One sentence you wrote that stands out for me is "Seeing 2 billion people in one place at one time just makes me think about the future of the lives that will be affected by this crisis." I am thinking the same exact thing. I couldn't have said it better myself. If 2 billion people are gathered in one place at the same time just to do a protest, it is something serious. I mean, the thought of it is just scary. Something that is making them so committed in protesting, and making them do this.

Another sentence that I agree with was," We should avoid these things by staying neutral as a country." Sometimes I think staying neutral is the best way to go, but someone recently said wouldn't be part of the cause to the problem if we watched what happened and not do anything? I've been thinking about it a lot lately and I'm still not sure what is correct. Is doing nothing really a crime?

I agree with your post overall and I like the way that you think. I think it's very logical. Thanks for you writing. I look forward to seeing what you write next, because even though it is quite lengthy I actually read everything. I read everything and understand what you mean fully.

hey tthomas , I absollutely enjoyed reading your post . Like you said "Ever since the protests have started the media has played a big role. People are trying to inform the world on what’s going on so the Egyptians gain supporters and not cynics." I absolutely agree that the media have done a good job having people becoming self aware with whats going on in Egypt . I really appreciate that you shared some articles for some further reading .

 Tiffany,

I enjoyed reading your post on Egypt and the use of social media to capture the protests and exert pressure on Mubarak. I'm really interested in how social media is used to bring about political change, and I'm in the middle of writing a research paper about it.

I've been glued to online news sources these past few months, but I've paid special attention to Twitter. I've started following a number of Egyptian, Tunisian, Libyan, Yemeni, Bahrani, Jordanian, and Iranian protesters, who have been tweeting either in their native languages, or in English, French, or another Western language. I've been translating their tweets into English using Google Translate, and then keeping a log of what I find. Twitter is, by far, one of the best sources for news during these protests--a lot of Western media outlets have been, in one way or another, blocked from covering the protests, leaving the reporting to the citizens, who are using the tools available to them, such as their cell phones and the Internet. It's a new way of documenting, and I think it's fascinating to see it evolve.

Unfortunately, the Internet was cut off by the Egyptian government for a period in February, causing millions of Egyptians to be unable to tweet, upload, and publish online. In response, Google launched a project called "Speak to Tweet" in which they set up three phone numbers which Egyptians could call on their cell phones, leave a voicemail, and the voicemail would be subsequently translated into English and tweeted under the hashtag #speak2tweet.

Here's the link for speak2tweet on Twitter. I think you might find it interesting:

Thanks for the post. You're very insightful, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you write next.

Emily