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Read the excerpt from "The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings" by Heather Brown, Emily Guskin, and Amy Mitchell.

Now, research is emerging that reexamines in a more detailed way the role that social media played in the Arab uprisings.

In July 2012 a report was published by the United States Institute of Peace based on an extensive content analysis of bit.ly links from the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Bahrain. Bit.ly links, or short URLs, are predominantly used in social media such as Twitter. The authors came to some conclusions that countered the initial assumption that social media was a causal mechanism in the uprisings.

Instead, the study suggests that the importance of social media was in communicating to the rest of the world what was happening on the ground during the uprisings. "New [or social] media outlets that use bit.ly links are more likely to spread information outside of the region than inside it, acting like a megaphone more than a rallying cry."

Data from the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project at least somewhat supports this conclusion with its findings that the majority of Egyptians are not online. Nearly two-thirds (65%) of the total population do not use the internet.



What reasons do the authors give to support their claim about the importance of social media in the Arab uprisings? Select two options.


the description of social media as a causal mechanism


the explanation that most Egyptians do not use the technology


the clarification that Twitter is relatively new and frequently used


the fact that information from bit.ly links was shared around the world


the detail that a US institute collected data in multiple countries

Answer 1

Answer:

The reasons for the author to claim the importance of social media in the Arab uprisings are:

1. The author explains that according to a data research, nearly 65% of the Egyptian population do not indulge in using internet to use social media. Therefore, though the internet is useful, it is not dominant.

2.The fact that informations from bit.ly sites are spreading fast all across the globe due to its usage demand.

Answer 2

Answer:

the explanation that most Egyptians do not use the technology

the fact that information from bit.ly links was shared around the world

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