read the excerpt from the role of social media in the arab uprisings by heather brown, emily guskin, and amy…

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. 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

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. 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

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The text emphasizes that social - media's importance was in global information sharing. The fact that bit.ly links (used in social media) had information shared around the world and that a US institute collected data from multiple countries shows how social media spread information globally. The description of social media as a causal mechanism is countered, and the statements about Egyptian non - usage and Twitter's newness are not reasons for social media's importance in the uprisings.

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D. the fact that information from bit.ly links was shared around the world E. the detail that a US institute collected data in multiple countries