Friday 25 February 2011

Can Social Media Be Used to Incite Corporate Revolutions

In the case of the recent Egyptian revolution, controlling the social media was pretty difficult -- although the Mubarak regime did find a kill switch for the Internet -- so they became the protesters' communications channel of choice.

Combine the revolutionary tweets and Facebook postings that helped motivate and organize protesters, the broader media's actions in focusing world attention on Egypt, and protesters' willingness to go in the street

Source:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/social-media-corporate-revolutions/19853913/

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