Maggie's Annotated Bibliography
- #Jan25 Egypt - Omar Offendum, The Narcicyst, Freeway, Ayah, Amir Sulaiman (Prod. by Sami Matar) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCbpiOpLwFg
This rap song by Arab Americans uses the hashtag #jan25 from the Egyptian revolution as a point to talk about the revolutions. This is a great example to show the spread of ideas (from Egypt to America) using social media.
- Arab Spring References for Egypt January 25-31, 2011. 2012. The Role of ICT in Arab Spring Movements. Web. https://netcom.revues.org/1064
This word cloud is a collection of topics trending on Twitter in Egypt from January 25th-31st 2011. It maps out topics of the revolution and emphasized the protestors and people.
- The Arab World. 2014. The Economist. Web. http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21606286-failures-arab-spring-were-long-time-making-tethered-history
This comprehensive map from 2014 shows the countries involved in the Arab Spring and their government states after the revolutions. I hope to use this map to supplement the one I will create and add more context to the current situation.
- Social Media in the Jasmine Revolution. 2011. E&T. Web. http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2011/07/revolution-2-0.cfm
This photo of protestors in Egypt depicts a man holding a laptop up among the crowd and another screen in the background. I love the movement in this picture with the flags waving and the dense crowd of people. The laptop screen is still a prevalent feature in this photo next to raised hands, suggesting that technology was a tool for the people.
Background Sources
- Bruns, A., T. Highfield, and J. Burgess. "The Arab Spring and Social Media Audiences: English and Arabic Twitter Users and Their Networks." American Behavioral Scientist 57.7 (2013): 871-98. Sage Journal. Web. http://abs.sagepub.com.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/content/57/7/871.full.pdf+html
This scholarly article looks at linguistic trends in tweets from Egypt and Libya during the Arab Spring. It shows a comparison between the two countries as well discussing topics and twitter trends during this time.
- Parvaz, D. "The Arab Spring, Chronicled Tweet by Tweet." Al Jazeera English. 06 Nov. 2011. Web. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/11/2011113123416203161.html
This article offers background about how tweets fit into the grand scheme of the revolutionary action of 2011 in Syria, Egypt, and Tunisia. It offers a short discussion about community building and activism through Twitter.
- Solnit, Rebecca. "Why We Revolt." YES! Magazine. 24 Mar. 2011. Web. http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/why-we-revolt
Solnit uses the Arab Spring, particularly Egypt, Libya, and Syria as part of a discussion on revolutions. She briefly talks about the starts of the revolutions in each country, beginning to capture the spread over time that I hope to analyze.
- Wolfsfeld, G., E. Segev, and T. Sheafer. "Social Media and the Arab Spring: Politics Comes First." The International Journal of Press/Politics 18.2 (2013): 115-37. Sage Journals. Web. http://hij.sagepub.com.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/content/18/2/115.full.pdf+html
This scholarly article discusses social media in relation to politics through the lens of the Arab Spring. By talking about the political context of a tweet, the authors give valuable advice about how to analyze tweets and social media while going forward in my project.
- "Year in Hashtags: Tweets from the Arab Spring." The Globe and Mail. 19 Dec. 2011. Web. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/year-in-hashtags-tweets-from-the-arab-spring/article641751/
This sample of chronological tweets in English outline the beginning of the Arab Spring starting in Tunisia, then Egypt, then Libya. This gives background about the events and a starting point to look at other tweets.