read the excerpt from he role of social media in the arab uprisings\ by heather brown, emily guskin, and amy mitchell.
now, research is emerging that reexamines in a more detailed way the role that social media played in the arab uprisings.
in july 2012 a report was published by the united states institute of peace based on an extensive content analysis of bit.ly links from the uprisings in tunisia, egypt, libya, and bahrain. bit.ly links, or short urls, are predominantly used in social media such as twitter. the authors came to some conclusions that countered the initial assumption that social media was a causal mechanism in the uprisings.
instead, the study suggests that the importance of social media was in communicating to the rest of the world what was happening on the ground during the uprisings.
how do the authors support the claim in this passage?
○ by explaining how to use social media in the same way that protesters used it during the arab uprisings
○ by citing a report that examines why social media sites were a causal mechanism in the arab uprisings
○ by examining the type of web links that were generated in nations that took part in the arab uprisings
○ by describing how social media reported on events in the rest of the world during the arab uprisings

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read the excerpt from 	he role of social media in the arab uprisings\ by heather brown, emily guskin, and amy mitchell.
now, research is emerging that reexamines in a more detailed way the role that social media played in the arab uprisings.
in july 2012 a report was published by the united states institute of peace based on an extensive content analysis of bit.ly links from the uprisings in tunisia, egypt, libya, and bahrain. bit.ly links, or short urls, are predominantly used in social media such as twitter. the authors came to some conclusions that countered the initial assumption that social media was a causal mechanism in the uprisings.
instead, the study suggests that the importance of social media was in communicating to the rest of the world what was happening on the ground during the uprisings.
how do the authors support the claim in this passage?
○ by explaining how to use social media in the same way that protesters used it during the arab uprisings
○ by citing a report that examines why social media sites were a causal mechanism in the arab uprisings
○ by examining the type of web links that were generated in nations that took part in the arab uprisings
○ by describing how social media reported on events in the rest of the world during the arab uprisings

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# Brief Explanations:
To determine how the authors support their claim, we analyze each option:
- Option 1: The passage doesn't explain how to use social media like protesters did; it focuses on research about its role, so this is incorrect.
- Option 2: The passage states the report countered the initial assumption that social media was a causal mechanism, not that it examined why it was a causal mechanism. So this is incorrect.
- Option 3: The passage mentions a report with an extensive content analysis of bit.ly links (web links) from nations in the Arab uprisings. This matches how the authors support their claim by examining these links.
- Option 4: The passage says social media communicated what was happening during the uprisings, not that it reported on events in the rest of the world during the uprisings. So this is incorrect.

# Answer:
C. by examining the type of web links that were generated in nations that took part in the Arab uprisings

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