An opposition supporter holds up a laptop showing images of celebrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, after Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak resigned February 11, 2011. Mubarak stepped down as president of Egypt on Friday after 30 years of rule, handing power to the army and bowing to relentless pressure from a popular uprising after his military support. “New media, mainly satellite channels, have managed to spread the message of the revolution everywhere, including rural areas,” said Abdel Fattah of the Al Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies and social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook have been a key means of communications for the protesters. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (EGYPT – Tags: MEDIA CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SCI TECH)

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Esther Vargas

Periodista. Directora de Clases de Periodismo y La Ruta del Café Peruano. Consultora en Social Media. Editora web del diario Perú21 del grupo El Comercio de Perú. Especialista en periodismo digital, comunicación digital y social media.

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