(from a dialogue with nicholas roberts)<br><br>communication is an essential tool of any movement,
but those possibilities are not exhausted by social media, and as the
Egyptian's recognized, they carry their own dangers; it's not a question
of fetichising, but of strategic and tactical use<br>
<br>apart from these instrumental uses, I do believe p2p dynamics are
active as a new way of socialization, and it reconfigured the political
field preparing the way for the eruption,<br><br>my own summary is here:
<a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/social-media-and-social-revolutions-what-is-their-relationship/2011/02/02" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/social-media-and-social-revolutions-what-is-their-relationship/2011/02/02</a><br>
<br>the historical social media dynamics that prepared the uprising are
described here:<br><br><a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/p2p-aspects-of-the-arab-uprising-3-the-real-history-of-the-role-of-blogs-and-facebook-in-egypt/2011/02/12" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/p2p-aspects-of-the-arab-uprising-3-the-real-history-of-the-role-of-blogs-and-facebook-in-egypt/2011/02/12</a>
; updated: <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/reportage-on-the-internet-activists-in-cairo/2011/02/03" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/reportage-on-the-internet-activists-in-cairo/2011/02/03</a><br>
<br>�re-inforced here: <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/strong-vs-weak-ties-are-the-wrong-dilemma-the-internets-role-in-deep-relationships/2011/02/11" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/strong-vs-weak-ties-are-the-wrong-dilemma-the-internets-role-in-deep-relationships/2011/02/11</a>
; <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/social-media-and-social-revolution-3-why-the-how-of-media-are-so-important/2011/02/06" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/social-media-and-social-revolution-3-why-the-how-of-media-are-so-important/2011/02/06</a>
; <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/social-media-and-social-revolution-2-the-discussion-continues/2011/02/04" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/social-media-and-social-revolution-2-the-discussion-continues/2011/02/04</a><br>
<br>also of interest: <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/egypt-the-second-revolution-without-representation/2011/02/10" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/egypt-the-second-revolution-without-representation/2011/02/10</a><br>
<br>Finally an In-depth book taking Iran as case study: <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/social-media-and-social-revolution-4-learning-from-iran/2011/02/07" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/social-media-and-social-revolution-4-learning-from-iran/2011/02/07</a><br clear="all">
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