The Effect of Social Networks (Facebook) on the Movement of the Egyptian People

Subject Areas : Media Management

Ruhollah Ahmadzadeh Kermani ¹ (استادیار علوم ارتباطات اجتماعی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران شرق عهده دار مکاتبات)
Amir Masoud Seyed Aghaei ² (دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد علوم ارتباطات اجتماعی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران شرق)

Received: 2014-08-05 Accepted : 2015-01-04 Published : 2015-01-21

Keywords: communication, technology, movement, Cyberspace, Facebook,

Abstract :

In the present age, the world of communication and information, connecting to Internet Universal Network has become a vital principle. Using the Internet creates links between different levels of national, regional and global. Technological and communication revolution is among the factors that increasingly weaker the authority of governments. Over the past few years, Islamic countries, like other developing countries to the world of computers and the Internet and then cyberspace was entered and the phenomenon of social networking and blogging have become familiar. Role and effect of mass media and the Internet, especially social networks like Facebook and Twitter in the recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa and rapid spread of these developments is undeniable. it must be said that the major difference between computer networks with more traditional media such as radio, television and the press is  in the two-way or multi-way of communication. According to the purpose of research and in terms of methods, is descriptive research - analysis. The results showed that generally the social networks played a role in the movement of the Egyptian people, but we should not exaggerate the role of the Internet in the assessment because they on targeted only a tool for communication and speed up its.