Between a Rock and a Cell Phone: Social Media Use during Mass Protests in Iran, Tunisia and Egypt

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dc.contributor.authorKavanaugh, Andrea L.en
dc.contributor.authorYang, Seungwonen
dc.contributor.authorSheetz, Steven D.en
dc.contributor.authorLi, Lin Tzyen
dc.contributor.authorFox, Edward A.en
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-19T14:36:56Zen
dc.date.available2013-06-19T14:36:56Zen
dc.date.issued2011-05-01en
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we examine the use of social media, and especially Twitter, in Iran, Tunisia and Egypt during the mass political demonstrations and protests in June 2009, December 2010 - January 2011, and February 2011, respectively. We compare this usage with methods and findings from other studies on the use of Twitter in emergency situations, such as natural and man-made disasters. We draw on our own experiences and participant-observations as an eyewitness in Iran (first author), and on Twitter data from Iran, Tunisia and Egypt. In these three cases, Twitter filled a unique technology and communication gap at least partially. We summarize suggested directions for future research with a view of placing this work in the larger context of social media use in conditions of crisis and social convergence.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00001149/en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://eprints.cs.vt.edu/archive/00001149/01/journal_paper.Kavanaugh_et_al.social_media_middle_east.pdfen
dc.identifier.trnumberTR-11-10en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/19409en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Universityen
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Science Technical Reportsen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectHuman-computer interactionen
dc.titleBetween a Rock and a Cell Phone: Social Media Use during Mass Protests in Iran, Tunisia and Egypten
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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