Over 60% of tweets within the first quarter of 2011
were generated by Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Arab Social Media Report, Dubai School of Government *)

Social media played a significant role in the uprisings within the Arab world also referenced to as the "Arab Spring". People used social networks like Facebook and Twitter to mobilise others, organise demonstrations and to report live from events in the very moment they were happening. In a study of the Dubai School of Government, Egypt alone was reported to have more than 6.5 million Facebook users beginning of May and to "tweet" 24,000 messages every day in the first quarter of 2011.


Source: Paper "Civil Movements: The Impact of Facebook and Twitter" published by Arab Social Media Report, Dubai School of Government, May 2011 (http://www.dsg.ae/PUBLICATIONS/PublicationDetail.aspx?udt_826_param_detail=3179)

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