This article discusses the extensive use of social media, Twitter in particular, by protesters as well as journalists and media in the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Researchers also explore the strong interaction between the sentiments expressed by Twitter users and the actual tweets.

The article is well structured and logical. The findings are supported statistically by  the method of collecting tweets on specific days and presenting them in graphic forms using a table of top five most influential individuals and organisations tweeting on the revolution around the world. This report also pointed is that news and important updates on Egyptian protests were the most popular topic  attracting  followers.

A limitation of this study is that the researcher cannot separate tweets within Egypt to those from other countries since Twitter does not provide a geographical tracking function. As a result, it is hard to tell how successful the Twitter operation is worldwide

The paper does support my argument that social media platforms are not just for private use. If they are used at a right time correctly, they will provide an enormous valuable information resource.

Reference:

Choudhary, A., Hendrix, W., Lee, K., Palsetia, D., & Liao, W. 2012, ‘’Social Media Evolution of the Egyptian Revolution’, Communications Of The Acm, vol 55, no.6, pp. 74-80