Parallel spheres: The shifting role of digitally engaged activist journalism after Egypt’s January 25 revolution

Brian J. Bowe, Western Washington University, Mariam F. Alkazemi, Virginia Commonwealth University, Ezaddeen Almutairi, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, Nadine El Sayed, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo

Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism

Published online on March 20, 2025

Abstract

Journalism, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 1191-1210, May 2026.
This study reexamines the social media practices of the April 6th Youth Movement, which brought together a diverse group of reformist Egyptians in the 2011 uprisings. By conducting a comparative content analysis of Facebook posts from 2011 (N= 661) with ...