Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.

In an interview with WSJ’s Alan Murray, social media expert Clay Shirky discusses the effect of Facebook, Twitter and other social media in the recent uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, and what it could mean for the Middle East at large.

Source: MarketWatch, February 18, 2011 (Hat tip: The Big Picture).

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Facebook and Twitter are changing the Middle East was first posted on February 22, 2011 at 7:10 am.
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