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Tahrir Data Project

Tahrir Data Project. Preliminary Descriptive Analysis. Discursive Context. Pessimism and Utopianism since Iran and Moldova 2011> Deen Freelon’s 4-part taxonomy The Hype and the Blowback Still a n anecdotal debate Still: « Was it a Facebook Revolution?». The Tahrir Data Sets.

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Tahrir Data Project

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  1. Tahrir Data Project Preliminary Descriptive Analysis

  2. Discursive Context • Pessimism and Utopianismsince Iran and Moldova • 2011>DeenFreelon’s 4-part taxonomy • The Hype and theBlowback • Still an anecdotaldebate • Still: «Was it a Facebook Revolution?»

  3. The Tahrir Data Sets • TDS-a: protester media-use • 1200 interviews between Feb 24 & March 1 • In-depth, “superficial” questionnaire • TDS-b: coordinator media-use • 35 individuals, semi-structured, purposive sample • TDS-c: Twitter and transnational networks • #jan25 tweets between Jan 21 & Feb 11 • 675,715 tweets, 106,000 users, 27 languages

  4. TDS-a: Protester Sample • “Hidden population” • Predominantly: • young, • well educated, • non-politcally active, • wired • men

  5. Frequencies: media use

  6. Logical Regressions: Out on first day &first time protesting

  7. Protestedon Day 1

  8. Not 1st Protest

  9. Frequencies: Media rankings and protester behaviour

  10. Media Rankings (1)

  11. Media Rankings (2)

  12. Key Protest Metrics Reliability Documentation Sources: TV, Live, Phone, FB, Print Users FB, live TW, phone, sat Relay • Blogs (>tw, live, fb, em) • Exaggeration for Blogs and TW in content types and motivations • Facebook and TV strongest showers • Both as info types and activities • The strange showing of live communication

  13. Implications of TDS-a Digital distinguishthemselvesthrough: • Degreee and characterofmedia use • Behaviorof media users • User relationships to media

  14. TDS-c: Tweeters Power law distributions for tweeters and retweeters.

  15. TDS-c: Transnational communication flows

  16. TDS b: Coordinator Strategies • Traditional media & Hybridity • Strong ties and weak ties • Transnational Information Flows as • Security • Motivation • Principle

  17. Preliminary Conclusions • Digital media are distinct • Digital media vs hybrid media • Context and contingency • Weneedmore sophisticated models • Utopianism and pessimism do not suffice • Information ecologies • Functional network mappings

  18. A Facebook Revolution? Silly Question

  19. Moving Ahead • Implications for further research • Grounded research • Localresearch • Open research • Comparativeresearch • Objects for further research • Mapping • Relay • Duplicationand comparison

  20. http://tahrirdata.info

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