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→Edition #3: Civil Movements: The Impact of Facebook and Twitter (May 2011)
===Edition #3: Civil Movements: The Impact of Facebook and Twitter (May 2011)===
===Edition #3: Civil Movements: The Impact of Facebook and Twitter (May 2011)===
Key findings:
Key findings:<br />
'''Facebook Uptake''':<br />The number of Facebook users has risen significantly in most Arab countries, most notably so in the countries where protests have taken place.<ref name="arab3">[http://www.arabsocialmediareport.com/UserManagement/PDF/ASMR%20Report%202.pdf Civil Movements: The Impact of Facebook and Twitter], ArabSocialMediaReport.com. Retrieved 2015 December 29.</ref>
* '''Facebook Uptake''':<br />The number of Facebook users has risen significantly in most Arab countries, most notably so in the countries where protests have taken place.<ref name="arab3">[http://www.arabsocialmediareport.com/UserManagement/PDF/ASMR%20Report%202.pdf Civil Movements: The Impact of Facebook and Twitter], ArabSocialMediaReport.com. Retrieved 2015 December 29.</ref>
'''Social Media & Protests'''<br />Many of the calls to protest in the Arab region were initially made on Facebook (save for the first protest in Tunisia). The illustration at right indicates countries where a Facebook page's call to protest on a given date was made, and whether or not the protests were subsequently manifested in the streets. In all cases but one -- the initial failed call to protest in Syria on February 4 -- this has proven true.<ref name="arab3"></ref>
* '''Social Media & Protests'''<br />Many of the calls to protest in the Arab region were initially made on Facebook (save for the first protest in Tunisia). The illustration at right indicates countries where a Facebook page's call to protest on a given date was made, and whether or not the protests were subsequently manifested in the streets. In all cases but one -- the initial failed call to protest in Syria on February 4 -- this has proven true.<ref name="arab3"></ref>
===Edition #2: The Role of Social Media in Arab Women’s Empowerment (February 2011)===
===Edition #2: The Role of Social Media in Arab Women’s Empowerment (February 2011)===