Cyberactivism and Citizen Journalism in Egypt

Courtney C. Radsch, PhD, is a researcher and journalist working at the nexus of media, technology, and human rights, and has written widely on these issues in the popular and academic press. She has held positions with The New York Times, Al Arabiya, and UNESCO and is Advocacy Director at the Committee to Protect Journalists.

• 1. Introduction: Cyberactivism and social movements .- 2. Embodied and virtual ethnography: doing research in the digital age .- 3. The legal regulatory dynamics of the public sphere .- 4. We the people: citizen journalism in the era of social media .- 5. Cyberactivism and egypt’s youth movement .- 6. Bloggers and believers:  dynamics of activism and identity  in the muslim brotherhood .- 7. Conclusion: Revolution 2.0.