Graduate Program
Communication Studies
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Semester of Degree Completion
2008
Thesis Director
Melanie Mills
Thesis Committee Member
Mark Borzi
Thesis Committee Member
Rodney Marshall
Abstract
The development of the famous social networking site, Facebook, has been associated with significant challenges to regimes that are characterized by being repressive to its citizens in terms of freedom of speech and expression, and mostly are third world developing countries that suffer. Egypt provides a good case study of Facebook ability to organize a strike among its citizens. April 6, 2008 is curved in the memories of Egyptians as a "general dissent day" that was initiated through Facebook and then was transmitted to almost every Egyptian citizen using other media sources. This paper shows how Facebook facilitates collective identity for social change. Qualitative research was conducted using a case study method in order to answer six research questions.
Recommended Citation
Botros, Basma, "Collectively we unite on Facebook: A case study of Egypt's collective action on Facebook toward social change" (2008). Masters Theses. 110.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/110
