[Air-L] Arab spring & social media evidence

[Alex Leavitt]

There's a good analysis of this topic just out from IJOC:

The Revolutions Were Tweeted: Information Flows During the 2011 Tunisian and
Egyptian Revolutions
http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1246/613

Alex

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Alexander Leavitt
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USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
http://alexleavitt.com
Twitter: @alexleavitt




On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Alex Halavais <alex at halavais.net> wrote:

> I think any "cause-effect model" for any large-scale social phenomenon
> is sketchy, and I also think popular discourse loves such
> simplification. That is to say, I don't think "This Caused That" is
> something that evidence could directly demonstrate or refute (or even
> "refudiate" ;).
>
> That said, I've been reading Philip Howard's new book, "The Digital
> Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy," which is quite good, and
> provides something of a discussion of this question in its
> conclusions, and suggests that ICTs can play an important part in a
> "causal recipe" for democratization of Muslim states.
>
> - Alex
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:52 PM, nativebuddha <nativebuddha at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone have evidence (or links to studies) that show the impact, or
> > lack thereof, of social media on the Arab spring? This cause-effect model
> > still circulates in the mediasphere, but what is the evidence show?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -Robert
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