“Information Wars” explores social media revolution

The most potent tool that was used in the Egypt revolution was social media. Al Jazeera’s “Information Wars” looked deeper into this phenomenon.
The March 15 Palestinian youth quickly learned to use Facebook and Twitter to organize their movement. They are now learning to tackle the “evils” of social media.
May 07, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Features | Tags: Facebook, Fatah, Gaza, Hamas, March 15, Niharika Mandhana, Social Media, Twitter, Unity government, West Bank | Leave A Comment »
While the Americans came to understand the uprisings in Egypt in large part through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, these websites were not the sole vehicle of change. It was “people willing to have their heads broken open to make a difference” that toppled President Hosni Mubarak’s regime, according to a participant on a panel held at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Mar 06, 2011 | Categories:News, View from NYC | Tags: Chiara Sottile, Egypt, Facebook, Mubarak, revolution, social networking, Twitter, YouTube | Leave A Comment »
The most potent tool that was used in the Egypt revolution was social media. Al Jazeera’s “Information Wars” looked deeper into this phenomenon.
Feb 19, 2011 | Categories:News, View from NYC | Tags: Al Jazeera, Carl Bernstein, Clay Shirky, Egypt, Facebook, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
Professor Ari Goldman has taught the “Covering Religion” course at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism every spring for the past 17 years, preparing his students to write about religion for a diverse readership. This year’s course looks at the religions of the Holy Land, including the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sufi, Bahai and Druze faiths. The class includes a 10-day trip to the Holy Land in which students put their expertise to work by studying the workings of faith in a region where it is a developing story. This trip is sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation which has subsidized class trips for over a decade.
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