I find it rather amusing that I am writing a blog about blogging because the topic I am leaning towards for my research paper is the psychological aspects of blogging. I was able to locate an article on the RSS feed, NPR, that fell perfectly into place with my research topic. The title of the article is Blogging and Tweeting, Egyptians Push for Change written by Deborah Amos and basically she is addressing how thousands of Generation Y Egyptian bloggers are utilizing social media as a tool to fight police brutality. A sociology professor at the American University in Cairo is observing the social media movement in that country and states “…they see torture, they see corruption, they see rigged elections. What can they do? Of course: the only tool in their hands is their fingertips and the keyboard”. These bloggers are so openly brave in their post that they even go as far as naming the police officers accused of brutality. When Khalid Said was beaten to death in the streets for being in an Internet café the bloggers brought so much attention to the matter that it forced the government to investigate the case, something that rarely happens in that country. The Egyptian government has resorted to jailing activist bloggers, yet even this threat has not silenced them.
Wow!!! Talk about major psychological effects from blogging in Egypt. I could probably write an entire paper on just this one article. Further research would probably result in numerous other articles out there relating to this HUGE problem.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129425721
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