How do the authors use statistics to support their claim? Read the excerpt from "The Role of Social Media in the
Arab Uprisings" by Heather Brown, Emily Guskin, and
Amy Mitchell
In July 2012 a report was published by the United
States Institute of Peace
... 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..
O to include ideas about how social media can help
authoritarian regimes remain in power
O to emphasize that Egyptians, even those who are
highly educated, mistrust social media
O to illustrate that social media motivated average
Egyptians to take part in the uprisings
to show that even though social media use was
limited, it was often directly connected to politics
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. When looking specifically at those with a
college education, use of social media for obtaining
political information is more prevalent than in other
seaments of the population. Though most of the country