The Egyptian blogosphere: a counter-narrative of the revolution

Authors:
Ban Al-Ani;Gloria Mark;Justin Chung;Jennifer Jones
Affiliations:
University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA;University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA;University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA;University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Year:
2012

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Abstract

In this paper we investigate the role blogs played within the context of the Egyptian revolution of early 2011 using blog data authored between 2004-2011. We conducted topic modeling analysis to gain a longitudinal view of the interaction of societal, personal and revolutionary blog topics over this period. Furthermore, a qualitative analysis of blog posts during the period that bracketed the political uprising revealed Egyptian bloggers' concerns. Reporting events and supplying commentary provided bloggers with a means to voice dissent against institutionalized power represented by the government-controlled media. In short, blogs reveal a counter-narrative to the government-supplied version of events in Egypt during the 18-day uprising. These narratives offer rich documentation of how blogs, and perhaps social media more generally, can be utilized by individuals operating under repressive conditions.