Alexandra Dunn
Alexandra Dunn is a program development officer at the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and a social media researcher. She completed her master’s thesis on the political use of Facebook in Egypt, where she has been living since the beginning of 2010. She was present throughout the January-February 2011 uprising, during which she closely followed the role of media and the media blackout. She is a research partner in the Tahrir Data Initiative, aiming to empirically assess the role of media during the uprising. The data set and accompanying research can be found at www.tahrirdata.info
Fletcher Forum articles by Alexandra Dunn:
May 15, 2011
by Alexandra Dunn
During the uprising that began on January 25, 2011, the Egyptian government instituted a widespread shutdown of communication tools in an effort to quarantine dissent. Alexandra Dunn explores the Egyptian regime’s recalibration of what constituted a threatening media sphere. She argues that its crackdown alienated the business community, disproportionately impacted apolitical citizens, and inadvertently increased international focus on the crisis.
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