Power struggles, doubt all found in the Facebook of Egypt's revolution
Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 07:40
in Psychology & Sociology
Egypt's 2011 revolution, described at the time as a "Facebook revolution," made Linda Herrera a big believer in the power of social media. A past resident of Cairo who had studied the online culture of Egyptian youth and followed events through their Facebook pages, the University of Illinois education professor became, for a moment in time, a "complete cyber-optimist."