Monday, October 24, 2011  Social Media and the Arab Spring: From
the Mobile Phone to Cyber Warfare  NETWORKED PROTESTS: Egyptian
anti-government protesters taking photos with their cameraphones
at the demonstration in downtown Cairo. Ghonim, the Google
executive and cyberactivist who emerged as a leader of the anti-
government protests in Egypt, said social media played a crucial
role in the events that led to Mubarak's ouster after three
decades of iron-fisted rule. - AP  I just saw, on the CBC's
documentary program "The Passionate Eye", the BBC produced "How
Facebook Changed the World: The Arab Spring". I must admit, when
I first saw the title announced onscreen as "Coming Next" after
the news, I was underwhelmed. I decided to watch at least some
of it, partly out of curiosity, partly out of "duty" to my own
interest in the Arab Spring (Summer, Fall), and partly because
otherwise I would have had to put brain to paper in various
other forms. As soon as I saw that the documentary came from the
BBC and was air