{"id":432,"date":"2009-09-08T17:09:36","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T17:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mengos.net\/wp\/?p=432"},"modified":"2018-08-12T20:47:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T20:47:36","slug":"mapping-the-arabic-blogosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualactivism.org\/education\/mapping-the-arabic-blogosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8211; mapping the arabic blogosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A study at the Berkman Center at Harvard came out in June 09 entitled &#8220;<strong>Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Culture, Politics and Dissent<\/strong>&#8220;. [<a href=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/publications\/2009\/Mapping_the_Arabic_Blogosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link to the report<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the key findings:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Arabic blogosphere is organized primarily around countries. We found the primary groupings to be: <em>Egyptian<\/em> (largest, with distinct sub- and associated clusters, e.g., Muslim Brotherhood bloggers, including some women); <em>Saudi Arabian<\/em> (second largest and focused comparatively more on technology than politics); <em>Kuwaiti<\/em> (divided into English and Arabic language sub-clusters); <em>Levantine\/English Bridge<\/em> (bloggers in the Levant and Iraq using English and connected to the US and international blogospheres); <em>Syrian<\/em>; <em>Maghrebi\/French Bridge<\/em>; and <em>Religion-Focused<\/em>. Demographic results indicate that Arabic bloggers are predominately young and male. The highest proportion of female bloggers is found in the Egyptian youth sub-cluster, while the Syrian and Muslim Brotherhood clusters have the highest concentration of males. <strong>Arabic media ecosystem<\/strong>: Bloggers link to Web 2.0 sites like YouTube and Wikipedia (English and Arabic versions) more than other sources of information and news available on the Internet. Al-Jazeera is the top mainstream media source, followed by the BBC and Al-Arabiya. Arabic bloggers tend to prefer more politically oriented YouTube videos over cultural ones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition, the Berkman Center organized a workshop entitled <strong>Online Discussions in the Arab World: Dispelling the Myths. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the live webcast here at 10 AM ET: <a href=\"http:\/\/origin.usip.org\/arabblogs\/\">http:\/\/origin.usip.org\/arabblogs\/<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study at the Berkman Center at Harvard came out in June 09 entitled &#8220;Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Culture, Politics and Dissent&#8220;. 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