Zeynep Tufekci presentation at AUSACE 2011 at Beirut.

1. Social Media and Dynamics of Collective Action Zeynep Tufekc i Assistant Professor University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Berkman Center for Internet & Society Harvard @techsoc [email_address] n c.edu #freeAlaa

10. TABLE 1. General Characteristics of the Sample Sample Characteristics 33.9% 32.9% 33.9% Attended Protests Before? 36.3% 32.9% 37.5% Present on First day of Protests? 51.5% 56.9% 49.7% Internet on Phone* 80% 90.3% 77.0 % Internet at Home*** 5.3 5.6 5.1 Education*** (1=no educ; 7=post-grad) 28.5 26.6 29.1 Age*** Mean (std error) Mean Mean Total Female Male

11. TABLE 1. General Characteristics of the Sample Use of Information and Communication Technologies for General Purposes 62.9 58.5 64.3 Print Use 93.6 94.3 93.3 Satellite TV Use 92.2 93.0 92.0 Phone Use 83.2 85.2 82.5 Email Use 15.3 18.2 14.3 Blog Use 62.2 66.6 60.8 Text Use 16 19.7 14.8 Twitter Use 52 60.4 49.2 Facebook Use % % % Total Female Male

12. TABLE 1. General Characteristics of the Sample Use of ICT for Protest Purposes 57.5 52.1 59.3 Print Use** 91.9 92.6 91.7 Satellite TV Use 81.6 86.7 80.0 Phone Use** 26.9 33.0 25.0 Email Use** 11.5 15.9 10.1 Blog Use** 46.3 48.6 45.5 Text Use 12.8 18.2 11.1 Twitter Use*** 50.7 60.0 47.7 Facebook Use*** % % % Total Female Male

13. Exp(b) Exp(b) Exp(b) Exp(b) Age 1.007 1.009 1.033*** 1.036*** Male 1.294 1.291† 1.091 1.062 Education 1.047 0.997 1.143* 1.063 Internet at Home 1.453* 1.318 1.602* 1.394 Internet on Phone 1.092 1.031 1.169 1.123 Text Gen. Use 1.128 1.156 Facebook Gen.Use 1.252 1.342* Twitter Gen. Use 1.536* 1.351† Blogs Gen. Use 1.354† 1.486* Email Gen. Use 0.799 1.020 Phone Gen. Use 1.137 0.683 Sat. TV Gen. Use 0.540* 0.815 Print Gen. Use 1.274† 1.677*** _cons 0.214*** 0.342* 0.075*** N 1050 1050 1050 ll -682.616 -67 -651.436 635.845 * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001 † p<0.10 Model 4 Model 3 Model 2 Model 1 Attended Protests Before Attended First Day of Protests (January 25)

15. Exp(b) Exp(b) Age 1.012 1.035*** Male 1.437* 1.132 Education 0.996 1.075 Internet at Home 1.233 1.441† Internet on Phone 1.071 1.110 Text Protest Use 1.116 1.188† Facebook Protest Use 1.411* 1.199 Twitter Protest Use 1.414† 1.221 Blogs Protest Use 1.574* 1.360 Email Protest Use 1.313† 1.152 Phone Protest Use 1.531* 1.139 Sat. TV Protest Use 0.714 0.787 Print Protest Use 0.961 1.353* zf2fprotest 1.214 0.618† _cons 0.140*** 0.088*** N 1049 1049 ll -662.300 -639.014 * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001 Attended Protests Before Attended First Day of Protests (January 25)

17. Table 6. Whether Respondent Used Specific Media to Produce or Disseminate Visuals (%) 2.0 Text 2.1 Email 1 Blog 25.1 Facebook 5.1 Twitter 4.0 Face-to-face 3.2 Print 14.7 Phone 51.8 Did not produce any visuals or pictures

19. Logistic Regression(Predictors: Use of Media to Produce & Disseminate Visuals) Exp(b) Exp(b) Age 1.012 1.037*** Male 1.230 1.079 Education 1.012 1.123* Internet at Home 1.367 1.543* Internet on Phone 1.070 1.158 No Production 0.922 0.755 Phone Production 1.199 0.603 Print Production 1.695 1.108* Face-to-Face 1.424 2.135 Twitter Production 1.322* 1.139 Facebook Production 1.685† 1.126 Blog Production 4.348 1.281 Email Production 1.448* 0.819* Text Production 3.467* 3.161* _cons 0.192*** 0.067*** N 1050 1050 Attended Protests Before Attended First Day of Protests (January 25)

21. Where did you first hear of the protests? % Facebook 28.3 Phone 13.1 Sat. TV 4.0 Face-to-face 48.4 Other 6.2

22. Protest Participation and Where first Heard of the Protests Exp(b) Exp(b) Age 1.010 1.034*** Male 1.273 1.072 Education 1.025 1.135* Internet at Home 1.334 1.525* Internet on Phone 1.105 1.185 First on FB 0.830 1.020 First on Phone 0.438*** 0.502** First on TV 0.811 1.060 First other Media 0.924 1.008 _cons 0.281*** 0.065*** N 1050 1050 ll -675.694 -646.304 * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.001 Attended Protests Before Attended First Day of Protests (January 25)

24. Thank you! Questions? By Zeynep Tufekci Assistant Professor University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Fellow, Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society @techsoc [email_address] n c.edu #freeAlaa