The Arab Spring| The Egyptian Experience: Sense and Nonsense of the Internet Revolution
The Arab Spring| The Egyptian Experience: Sense and Nonsense of the Internet Revolution
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2011
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通讯作者：
Anne Alexander
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Miriyam Aouragh;Anne Alexander
本文基于埃及革命期间的访谈与观察，对互联网在动员政治与社会变革中的角色展开讨论。我们建议将互联网作为寻求自下而上变革的工具，与互联网作为表达集体异议空间的角色加以区分。我们认为，重要的是要超越三套论战。首先，我们主张超越关于互联网在政治变革中的作用的乌托邦和反乌托邦观点之间的争论。其次，我们建议通过研究1月25日起义期间社交媒体和卫星广播公司之间的强大协同作用，改变将互联网与其他媒体隔离的观点。最后，我们呼吁理解线上和线下政治行动之间的辩证关系。
This article is a contribution to the debate about the role of the Internet in mobilizations for political and social change, drawing on interviews and observations during the Egyptian revolution. We propose distinguishing between the use of the Internet as a tool by those seeking to bring about change from below, and the Internet’s role as a space where collective dissent can be articulated. We argue that it is important to go beyond three sets of polemics. First, we argue for transcending the debate between utopian and dystopian perspectives on the role of the Internet in political change. Second, we propose a shift away from perspectives that isolate the Internet from other media by examining the powerful synergy between social media and satellite broadcasters during the January 25 uprising. And finally, we call for an understanding of the dialectical relationship between online and offline political action.
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10.1177/0950017010362144
发表时间：
2010
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Work, Employment and Society
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Alexander A