I found an interesting podcast on the riots that are currently taking place in Egypt. The podcast was done by Matt Donatelli and Ron Meyer.
One of the first things said in this podcast that struck me was that there are a lot of young people, college aged people, who are very interested in what is happening in Egypt. They are interested because this could ultimately affect them in some way or fashion. But in my opinion I think that they are interested because it has consumed the media and their outlets. Any major news station that you turn to is going to feature coverage of what is happening in Egypt.
It is also interesting that they noted that most of the people who are rioting in Egypt are mostly under the age of 30. They are clearly displeased with the government in that country. Donatelli and Meyer also stated that part of the problem with all these riots escalating is the fact that the Egyptian Government actually killed the Internet for a couple of days. This just made more people angry and caused more people to begin rioting.
What we are seeing in Egypt is truly scary. It makes me happy and it allows me to feel fortunate that I live in a country like I do. This podcast was interesting though. Below is a link to it, you should check it out.
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I have to agree that the events in Egypt are very scary. I also must state that the facts that the protesters are mainly ubder thirty is interesting to know and must say that social media is truly a powerful piece of equipment
ReplyDeleteI agree that the riots in Egypt is an awful thing to watch and listen to. What bothers me is that we got socialists and communists from our country rooting for the riots. Yet at the same time they are shouting that a revolution is about to happen here as well.
ReplyDeleteThat is something, that most of the people most interested are younger adults. I do think that the main reason is because most of the issues are being broadcasted on a social network, and by far young adults are the main users of these networks. That's like someone invading your territory, of course you want to know what the deal is and that's whats going on with the interest in Egypt.
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