1. Social Media Rhetorical Analysis BY: MOHAMED HASSAN UNIV 200

2. Importance of Social Media  Helps me communicate with family members and friends  Keep track on world news, and read people’s comments and posts  It is a good way to share my opinions with other people about events or topics that may interest them  Ex: Facebook help start the 2011 Egyptian Revolution  Share posts, videos, and photos

3. Examples

4. Rhetorical Situations  Purpose : To show how Egypt’s mass media lie and use image manipulation to glorify and glamorize the president’s power and image among his people  Audience : Sisi Supporters  Context : Egypt’s Ministry of Information created an image manipulation in the AlAhram newspaper. It showed the current Egyptian President Sisi walking ahead with president of China Xi Jinping. Consequently, an outrage and anger emerged on Facebook, and other social medias, when they found out the original image was of President Putin and Jinping walking ahead of the Egyptian President