Commentary: The impact of social networking tools on political change in Egypt's "Revolution 2.0"

被引：47

作者：

Attia, Ashraf M. ^{[1
]}

Aziz, Nergis ^{[1
,2
]}

Friedman, Barry ^{[1
,2
]}

Elhusseiny, Mahdy F. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] SUNY Coll Oswego, Sch Business, Mkt & Management Dept, Oswego, NY 13126 USA

[2] Suleyman Sah Univ, Fac Business & Management, Istanbul, Turkey

[3] Calif State Univ Bakersfield, Sch Business & Publ Adm, Dept Accounting & Finance, Bakersfield, CA USA

来源：

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS | 2011年 / 10卷 / 04期

关键词：

Egypt; Facebook; Political change; Revolution; Social networking tools; Social networks; Twitter; ONLINE; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION; STUDENTS; COMMERCE; FACEBOOK; WEB-2.0; TRUST;

D O I：

10.1016/j.elerap.2011.05.003

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Social networking is a new driving force that has a significant global impact on political change. Few research studies have been published on the impact of social networking related to political change. This commentary discusses the impacts of social networking tools on the recent political changes in the eighteen-day Egyptian "Revolution 2.0'' of 2011. We discuss a number of factors related to social networking that predisposed the people of Egypt to rise up in a revolt that stunned many observers, given its speed and dramatic outcome. Social network-related factors appear to have had a positive impact on Egyptians' attitudes toward social change, which, in turn, supported their individual and aggregate behavior, leading to the revolution. (C) 2011 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.

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页码：369 / 374

页数：6

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