1). After completing the reading for this week in full, respond to the assigned reading in the Castells text.   What were your reactions, thoughts, insights?  What do you think was important in this reading?  What was useful?  Respond with detail.  Do not just review what was in the text; you should make insightful comments, make connections to previous readings and keep the first week’s reading in the forefront of your mind when responding.  In other words, make theoretical connections.  (AT LEAST 150 WORDS)

2). After completing the reading for this week in full, respond to the assigned reading in the Tufecki text.   What were your reactions, thoughts, insights?  What do you think was important in this reading?  What was useful?  Respond with detail.  Do not just review what was in the text; you should make insightful comments, make connections to previous readings and keep the first week’s reading in the forefront of your mind when responding.  In other words, make theoretical connections.  (AT LEAST 150 WORDS) 

3). Watch the following video: https://www.ted.com/talks/wael_ghonim_inside_the_egyptian_revolution?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare (Links to an external site.)

Please discuss the video, what you learned, why it was interesting, discuss reactions, thoughts and insights.  Specifically, comment on what you have learned about the Egyptian Revolution from both the Castells test and Tufecki text as it relates to this video.  Make sure to comment on both the internal and external pressures exerted on the country, authorities/politicians, and ultimately the people, and what you see as the catalyst for the revolution.  Do you see any similarities or differences with the current state of affairs in America?  If so, what have you observed?  You can discuss cultural implications, economic implications, technological implications, and prevailing attitudes, both outside and inside the United States.  (AT LEAST 150

 WORDS)

NOTE: Read Castells Chapter 3 (The Egyptian Revolution)

           Read Tufecki Chapter 3 (Leading the Leaderless)