I should add that I believe things were different from one country to another. For example, I don't believe social media played as big a role in Tunisia as it did in Egypt. Best, Rasha On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Dr. Rasha Abdulla <rasha@aucegypt.edu>wrote:
Hi Robert,
I have a survey off Tahrir Square that aims to scientifically establish that link. Unfortunately I've been too busy to look at the data so far. I've spoken about how I believe things happened in this domain. (I've been researching online communication in the Arab world for a decade, and have three books on the subject). Here's a link to a presentation I gave a couple of months ago at Personal Democracy Forum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDeOdEtmE70
I'm also writing about this in the Egypt report of the Mapping Digital Media project, which I'm now finalizing and should be online shortly.
Hope this helps. Best regards. Rasha
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:52 PM, nativebuddha <nativebuddha@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.
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-- Rasha A. Abdulla, Ph.D. Associate Professor Journalism and Mass Communication The American University in Cairo www.rashaabdulla.com http://twitter.com/RashaAbdulla <http://twitter.com/rashaabdulla>