For example, protest lasted eighteen days in Egypt in 2011; activists and protesters used Twitter to organize and organize their riots. Twitter helped protesters immediately inform and alert each other of police movements. According to Mourtada and Salem, the most common trending hashtag in the Arab region in the first three months of 2011 was “#Egyptian” with 1.4 million mentions (16). By including “#Egypt” in their tweets, any Twitter user could participate and coordinate in the Egyptian demonstrations. As a result, the volume of “#Egypt” tweets increased significantly. Another example, according to data from Internet World Statistics 2010's "Bahrain Internet Usage and Telecommunications Report", Bahrain remains among the top countries in terms of high Internet penetration with "a penetration rate of 88%" (2) . As a result, activists take advantage of social media when they need to organize protesters. In Al Jazeera's 2011 documentary film Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets and gathered in the heart of the capital, Pearl Roundabout, to rage against the ruling Khalifa family. Social media not only helped protesters hold online discussions but also organize masses
tags