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<h2>Revolution in the Age of Social Media: The Egyptian Popular Insurrection and the Internet</h2>
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<span>by <a href="http://www.versobooks.com/authors/1856-linda-herrera" target="_blank">Linda Herrera</a></span>
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<div>An accessible guide to the enduring struggle between people and power in the digital age</div>
<div>Egypt's January 25 Revolution of 2011 was a
dramatic demonstration of the role social media has come to play in
radical activism. A key moment was the appearance of the Facebook page
"We Are All Khaled Said," which linked activists across the country. But
how useful are social media in radical politics? And how readily can
they be turned against the activists?<br><br> <i>Revolution in the Age of Social Media</i>
looks at the role of that seminal Facebook page and the conspiracy
theories that swirled around its administrator, Wael Ghonim. Herrera
reveals the immense power struggles that took place in virtual arenas,
showing how social media can serve not only as a site of liberation, but
also as a place where powerful forces—such the US State Department, the
Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian military—vie for control over the
hearts and minds of the young. <br><br>The Egyptian uprising, while in
many ways a distinctly Arab event, is also a universal story of power
and insurrection in the age of social media.</div>
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<h2>Reviews</h2>
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<div>“Linda Herrera has written the best
treatment of social media and contemporary politics that I have read.
Her Revolution in the Age of Social Media avoids—indeed punctures—all of
the clichés and inflated claims that tend to dominate this discussion.
Herrera provides a
tremendous historical case study of the use and importance of social
media in the Egyptian revolution of 2011. As she lived in Egypt for
years through the revolution, Herrera provides insights I have never
seen elsewhere. She provides a nuanced yet clear vision. All treatments
of social media and politics going forward will go through this book.”</div>
<p>– Robert W. McChesney, author of <i>Digital Disconnect: How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy</i></p>
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<div>“Thus far the most readable and exacting
account of the interstitial spaces between the street and internet in
the Egyptian uprising … no stone is left unturned as Herrera offers an
unwavering deconstruction of everything—from the simple messianism of
Wael Ghonim to the conspiratorial obsession of Tariq Ramadan. I have no
doubt this book will be an
instant classic.”</div>
<p>– Adel Iskandar, Georgetown University</p>
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<div>“<i>Revolution in the Age of Social Media: The Egyptian Popular Insurrection and the Internet</i>, is expansive and curious.”</div>
<p>– <i>Globe and Mail</i></p>
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<h3><a href="http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1602-globe-and-mail-hails-revolution-in-the-age-of-social-media-as-smart-and-curious" target="_blank"></i></i><i>Globe and Mail hails <i>Revolution in the Age of Social Media as "smart" and "curious"</a></h3>
Linda Herrera's <i><a href="http://www.versobooks.com/books/1651-revolution-in-the-age-of-social-media" target="_blank">Revolution in the Age of Social Media: The Egyptian Popular Insurrection and the Internet</a></i>, released just last week, garners high praise from the <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/the-public-burning-is-free-speech-waning-or-in-the-digital-age/article18587803/" target="_blank"></i><i>Globe and Mail</a>'s
Simon Lewsen. In Lewsen's review, where he analyzes the positive but
more oftentimes hotly-debated relationship between social media and
activism, he calls Herrera's writing "expansive and curious" and "a
smart approach" to a complicated subject. <br><img src="http://versobooks-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/000004/054/Egypt-youth-protest-at-trial-of-2-cops-for-fatal-beating-of-Khaled-Said-072710-by-Nasser-Nasser-AP-826014321b6f43caeba5a7bc275941ed.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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