When the town square is online, power lies with the people: Research brief
2014 article from the University of Copenhagen on how, when public space meets common knowledge, power can shift from established authority to the people
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Religion in the Arab Spring: Analyzing participation, motives, root causes
2014 Princeton study, published in in the Journal of Politics, examining empirical evidence relating to why people participated in the Arab Spring.
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Popular protests, coups and information flows: Research behind the revolutions
2014 study by New York University published in Journal of Politics on the relationship between popular protests, media freedom and coups.
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The Arab Spring and the Internet: Research roundup
2013 roundup of recent studies and papers that bring a scholarly, data-driven lens to questions around the Arab Spring and its roots.
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Intervention in Syria, the media and public opinion: Research chat with Harvard’s Matt Baum
2013 interview with political scientist Matthew Baum of Harvard on the news media, public opinion dynamics and implications for intervention in Syria.
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People power or a one-shot deal? A dynamic model of protest
2013 study from Princeton and NYU on the nature of political revolutions and the possibility that upheaval can be a singular event, unlikely to be followed by more.
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Global social networking: Arab publics most likely to express political views online
2012 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitude Project on the use of social networking and mobile phones in 21 countries around the world.
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Views on democracy in the Muslim world: Pew Global Attitudes Project 2012 report
2012 Pew Research Center report evaluated changing views of individuals in Muslim countries regarding government, equality and the effects of the Arab Spring
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New media and conflict after the Arab Spring
2012 study by the United States Institute of Peace on the role of Twitter in the Arab Spring uprisings, including those in Bahrain, Libya, Tunisia and Egypt.
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Social media and participation in political protest: Observations from Tahrir Square
2012 study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on the effects of social networks in the 2011 uprising in Egypt.
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