Cairo residents depend on Twitter for news since January 25th
Mass media and marketing specialists, Media Republic, announced the results of a study carried out on Cairo 360 which underline the dramatic shift in social media habits since the events of January 25th in Cairo, Egypt.
Of the 300 respondents, 66% said they focused more on Twitter as their primary news source after the revolutionary events than they did previously, with 25% of them having first signed up for Twitter since that time. 80% of those surveyed said their social media habits have shifted, likely a result of how important Twitter and Facebook proved to be during the critical gap in coverage from local and international news authorities.
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