The street was eventually Because of Mubarak. But even if the hand is probably "invisible" to the Egyptian army which is behind the surprise resignation , an hour ago, Mubarak to the presidency (after 30 years of dictatorship), it is obviously popular pressure that forced him (or her army) to act. One more example, also put on the account of social media ...
Before we begin, we agree here to say that "social networks" (Numerical) did not invent the "social networks" (human).
Social networks have always existed and precede naturally socionumériques networks. What social networks on the Internet have made it possible to keep track of trade in these "social networks". Traces written or audiovisual. So who can trace back, compare, evaluate, judge.
And also to free themselves of the single word as a vehicle of transmission.
The "social media" these are the tools to communicate in groups, asynchronous or direct manner very similar to m & # 233; dias mass. The lightweight package. The content flowing through it is modulated according to the real needs (or desires) of its transceivers.
And sometimes what happens .
In the New York Times on Sunday Last, a recent article describes very well the role of social media in the creation of events in Egypt (& # 171; Social media has Fueled The Fires of the Egyptian protests. ").
The article describes how Khalid Said, a young 28 year old, was savagely beaten to death by two plainclothes officers in June last, in the lobby of a building. In the same week of the tragedy, was created a page on Facebook (We Are All Khaled Said) that showed pictures of his body, unrecognizable, in the morgue, and videos capturing the savage attack.
130,000 people joined the page and we shared their network. This means that personal networks are 130,000 who have been hit potential.
"The death of Mr. Said is perhaps the most striking example of the special power of social networking tools like Facebook even - or especially - in a police state. " The page has catalyzed the discontent Egyptians subscribers. Even if there were videos on YouTube and blogs on police brutality, this case has created a community around this subject.
A lightning rod of anger
The thing to understand is that while it is obviously difficult to isolate the impact re ; el social media to generate the huge demonstrations, it is clear that they can collect traces of police abuse and catalyze an anger that is shared then more easily.
photos and videos Khaled Said are evidence that it happens and have the advantage of speaking for themselves. The outrage could finally focus on one incontrovertible fact of police repression.
It is this outrage that has spread on social media, via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and SMS. Because everyone could be the next Khaled Said.
Under the chirp, the revolt
Khaled Said The video has been on Facebook seen by 500,000 people. In a country of 84 million, the jaded can deny its importance. Unless we remember that this is not just a half-million people, but half a million personal social networks that have been affected. Yet a jaded wrote:
" If we are to believe some people without Facebook and Twitter, there was never any uprising in Tunisia Egypt. Have they read enough of reports describing an optimist globalized Arab youth who spend long days chirping about these new media supposedly "social" ? "( Christian Rioux Le Devoir journalist )
I do not know explain this nagging malaise about the phenomenon of social media, in this columnist in particular, otherwise insightful on all other subjects, but it seems to fall into the trap of seeking & # 224; paste a single cause for complex phenomena (a kind of syndrome of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, whose assassination is known to provoke & # 233; epilepsy bloody World War I).
Stitches in
socionumériques networks allow an expansion and coordination that did not exist before. There is no single cause nor a way to easily isolate its contribution. But in Egypt, one can see a common thread.
Khaled Said's death is not the cause of the revolt. It is a spark, of course, because it took a lot of straws to inflame Cairo.
As there were now 500,000 people on the page Khaled Said on Facebook, it suddenly became very simple to publish invitations to join street protests. The administrator of the anonymous page did not lose to.
With conversations in social networks (digital) that are transformed into crowds on the street, having in possession of convincing evidence of police brutality, the State was forced to arrest the two officers. But other cases of fatal brutality arose; Protestants continued to meet more often during the following autumn.
Then came Tunisia. With the success that he knows. The way was shown.
While Facebook groups have given the word to call for a massive demonstration in Cairo on January 25 (hence the hashtags # Jan25) and the rest is history & # 224; history.
A (alone) Twitter does not make a summer
can see social networking as a spark or a fuel that ignites the powder (or Acc & # 233; lst) although the same can not spark much left after the fire lit.
Mubarak, including too late, which was played in networks socionumériques, tried to disconnect the internet and Facebook groups to infiltrate. But the old dictator, overwhelmed, convinced that the control of traditional media was sufficient (recall the pathetic address to the nation last night) now bows before the spring Arab who moved to his country.
Source: New York Times " Movement Began With Contempt and Facebook Page That Gave It Outlet year," by Jennifer Preston David D Kirkpatrick, Kareem Fahim and Anthoiny Shadid, Live Cairo).
Photo: Suhaib Salem / Reuters
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