Chair: Mahmoud M. Galander (Qatar University) Presentations: Nada Abdallah Bekheet (Cairo University): Framing Islamic Actors in the Egyptian Drama: An Analytical Study Loubna El Mkaouar (CAMRI, University of Westminster): Twitter and Facebook in the absence of Voltaire & the Awakening of the 99% Mahmoud M. Galander (Qatar University): Resistance to Hegemony: Social Networks in Sudan Occupy the Print Media landscape Fatma Elzahraa Mohammad Elsayed (Cairo University): Resistance mechanisms used by elite and public toward propaganda content of digital media in Egypt