▁she ▁presented ▁a ▁paper ▁entitled ▁“ The ▁Revolution ▁Will ▁be ▁B log ged : ▁New ▁Media ▁Cultural ▁Config ur ations ” ▁at ▁a ▁conference ▁in ▁C airo . ▁Rad sch ' s ▁Arab ▁Media ▁blog , ▁started ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁longest - running ▁blog s ▁on ▁the ▁topic . ▁Rad sch ▁is ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁several ▁book ▁chap ters ▁about ▁cy ber activ ism , ▁social ▁media ▁and ▁the ▁Middle ▁East . ▁ ▁In ▁Core ▁the ▁Common place ▁she ▁trac ed ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁cy ber activ ism ▁in ▁Egypt , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁three ▁distinct ▁phases ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁blog ging : ▁experiment ation , ▁activ ism ▁and ▁divers ification ▁and ▁that ▁blog ging ▁was ▁having ▁a ▁significant ▁political ▁impact . ▁Her ▁extensive ▁eth n ographic ▁research ▁on ▁Egypt ian ▁cy ber activ ism ▁provides ▁a ▁unique ▁insight ▁into ▁the ▁ante ced ents ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Egypt ian ▁Revolution . ▁In ▁her ▁chapter ▁on ▁the ▁blog os phere ▁and ▁social ▁media ▁in ▁a ▁study ▁by ▁the ▁Stim son ▁Center , ▁Se ism ic ▁Sh ift : ▁Under standing ▁Change ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁she ▁arg ues ▁that ▁between ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Middle ▁Eastern ▁blog s ▁and ▁social ▁media ▁showed ▁rising ▁diss atisf action ▁with ▁the ▁status ▁qu o , ▁decl ining ▁levels ▁of ▁fear ▁and ▁visible ▁cap ability ▁to ▁mobil ize ▁large ▁political ▁protest s . ▁ ▁Career ▁