SOLIDARITY OR SCHISM: IDEOLOGICAL CONGRUENCE AND THE TWITTER NETWORKS OF EGYPTIAN ACTIVISTS*

Social movement scholarship on the role of coalitions in advancing social change claims that communication across ideological boundaries can foster a collective identity among diverse groups of activists. New communications technology, especially activists' widespread adoption of social media, calls into question whether these claims apply equally to online social media-based coalitions. Using the case of the Egyptian revolution in the Arab …