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[White Paper] Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2017

February 15, 2018by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

The use, and adoption, of social media continues to rapidly evolve. A new white paper from Damian Radcliffe and Amanda Lam at the University of Oregon provides an up-to-date analysis […]

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How has social media changed in the Middle East since the Arab Spring?

May 16, 2017by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

Where Twitter once held sway, Facebook video, visual platforms like Instagram and Snapchat, and — amid privacy concerns — closed networks like WhatsApp are now the social media of choice in the complex Middle […]

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Expert View: The Age of Social — thoughts on the 2016 Arab Youth Survey

June 15, 2016by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

Originally published at http://www.arabyouthsurvey.com. Reproduced here with kind permission. Copyright © 2016 Arab Youth Survey. All rights reserved. Leading commentators from the region, the US and Europe were asked to […]

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Social Media in 2016: key stats and trends

May 27, 2016by Damian Radcliffe 1 Comment

Overview of where we’ve come from, and where we’re going… with an emphasis on social media usage in the USA and some key emerging global trends and behaviors. (Produced for […]

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Five years after the Arab Spring, how does the Middle East use social media?

April 17, 2016by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

In 2011, the Arab Spring rocked many parts of the Middle East. Regime change in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya saw the departure of long-established – seemingly untouchable – political leaders […]

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Instagram in the Middle East: 4 new stats from 2015

February 5, 2016by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

This is the third in a series of ten short extracts from my 2015 round-up: Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2015 (also available on Scribd, SlideShare and Academia.edu + […]

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3 key stats about WhatsApp use in the Middle East

February 2, 2016by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

This is the first in a series of ten short extracts from my 2015 round-up: Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2015 (also available on Scribd, SlideShare and Academia.edu + […]

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10 easy ways journalists can better verify, monitor and manage social media

January 24, 2016by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

Notes from: Build a Better Journalist Conference, Portland, January 23, 2016. Image source: http://www.wfsj.org/course/en/L10/10FacebookWFSJ.png Is the traditional two sources model relevant in this day and age? What about social media? […]

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[New Report] Social Media in the Middle East: The story of 2015

January 21, 2016by Damian Radcliffe 12 Comments

This is my fourth annual report on the state of social media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The report looks at data from a wide variety of […]

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Social Media in the Middle East: The Story of 2014 #FBF

November 6, 2015by Damian Radcliffe Leave a comment

Earlier in the year I produced my third annual round-up of social media developments in the Middle East. There continues to be a strong interest in the fast-moving social media […]

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  • Social Media in the Middle East: Instagram Continues to Grow Rapidly 
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