Social media, social movements and the diffusion of ideas in the Arab uprisings

Rane, Halim; Salem, Sumra

doi:10.1080/13216597.2012.662168

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“…15 Most empirical studies using Twitter data have investigated public opinion of politics [16][17][18] and social movements. 19,20 Unfortunately, not much research has been conducted to understand the role of Twitter in facilitating social support in the context of a person's death. To date, few studies exist.…”

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Tweeting Social Support Messages After a Non-Celebrity's Death: The Case of the Philippines' #Fallen44

Bautista

Lin

2015

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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Nowadays, social networking sites have provided an accessible means to convey social support to grievers who mourn for the dead. To explore how Twitter is used to convey social support after a non-celebrity's death, this study conducted a content analysis of 1,557 Twitter posts bearing the hashtag #Fallen44--a reference to the death of 44 elite Philippine policemen during a terrorist manhunt. Using a hybrid coding approach, the findings show that Twitter users conveyed social support by sending informational (56.28%) and emotional (39.76%) support messages. Informational support was mostly expressed by posting or sharing pictures and news articles relevant to the Fallen44, while emotional support was mostly conveyed by paying tribute, showing sympathy, and offering prayers for them. Moreover, a small proportion (3.96%) of tweets did not convey social support but reflected humor or anger or were spam messages. This study is one of the first to provide empirical support for the use of Twitter to convey social support after a non-celebrity's death in an Asian setting. Practical and theoretical implications for online social support are discussed.

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Tweeting Social Support Messages After a Non-Celebrity's Death: The Case of the Philippines' #Fallen44

Bautista

Lin

2015

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

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“…Generally speaking, the debates have revolved around two opposing arguments, namely, those who strongly emphasize the role of the internet and social media behind the people's uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, the United States and other countries (see Harb 2011;Howard and Hussain 2012;Joseph 2011;Rane and Salem 2012), and those who dismissed the role of social media technologies claiming its incidental role and argue that these mass protests would have happened without the technologies (see Gladwell 2010;York 2011;Morozov 2013). Combining coalition on April 20, 2010 after being expelled from bn but only to quit a year later on May 6, 2011.…”

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Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia

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Nordholt²,

Bakker³

2017

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“…Relly (2012) used this model to test the global diffusion of freedom of information laws; Hazen, Overstreet, and Cegielski (2012) used the same model to test supply chain innovation diffusion in the public sector. Rane and Salem (2012) examine the role of social media in the context of social movements and diffusion theory in recent Middle East uprisings. These are just three examples of many research articles that continue to use Rogers' model to examine diffusion of innovation from developing to developed nation contexts and from public health to private and public sector management domains.…”

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A tri-decennia view of knowledge transfer research: what works in diffusion and development contexts

Levinson¹

2015

The Journal of International Communication

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Reporting on three decades of knowledge diffusion and utilization research, this study provides an updated, cross-disciplinary framework for viewing information and communication technologies and development. It examines research streams over time (including that of the author) and concepts from the fields of communication, organizational sociology, public administration, and political science. Attention is paid to key variables (such as interorganizational trust, absorptive capacity at the organizational and interorganizational levels, and social learning) related to the cross-cultural diffusion/utilization/adaptation of knowledge against the backdrop of interconnected public, private, and not-for profit organizations and institutions. Findings also highlight changes in variables studied over these decades within and across the research streams. These include the emergence of crosscultural co-processes (including co-design of diffusion plans in networked settings) and their roles in successful knowledge diffusion/utilization. In sum, this meta-analysis examining research over three decades possesses implications for understanding diffusion and social change today and makes recommendations for research agendas in the decade ahead.

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Social media, social movements and the diffusion of ideas in the Arab uprisings

Cited by 94 publications

References 14 publications

Tweeting Social Support Messages After a Non-Celebrity's Death: The Case of the Philippines' #Fallen44

Tweeting Social Support Messages After a Non-Celebrity's Death: The Case of the Philippines' #Fallen44

Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia

A tri-decennia view of knowledge transfer research: what works in diffusion and development contexts

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