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Sourcing the Arab Spring: A case study of Andy Carvin’s sources during the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutionsAlfred Hermida, University of British Columbia - @hermidaSeth Lewis, University of Minnesota - @sethclewisRodrigo Zamith, University of Minnesota
Institutional powerPhoto: President of the European Council - http://www.flickr.com/photos/europeancouncil/
Institutional authorityPhoto: VetforPeace - http://www.flickr.com/photos/vetforpeace/
‘Must-read newswire’Artwork: ssoosay - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssoosay/
Tunisia: 168 sourcesPhoto: Wassim Ben Rhouma - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wassimbenrhouma/
Egypt: 185 sourcesPhoto: Ramy Raoof - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramyraoof/
Source types• Mainstream Media• Mainstream Media
Employees• Mainstream Media Org• Mainstream New Media Org
• Alternative Voices• Non-Affiliated Activist• Bloggers• Affiliated Activist• Non-Media Org (Activist)
• Institutional Elites• Digerati• Researchers• Non-Media Org (Non-
Activist)• Celebrities• Political Actors
• Other• Bots• Joke accounts
Tunisia: Source typeN=168
Tunisia: TweetsN=332
Egypt: Source typeN=185
Egypt: TweetsN=3,291
Broader range of voicesPhoto: Ahmad Hammoud - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahmadhammoudphotography/
Information cascadePhoto: Omar Robert Hamilton - http://www.flickr.com/photos/56458828@N02/
Reshaping the newsPhoto: Floris Van Cauwelaert - http://www.flickr.com/photos/flomobile/
Node in networked newsroomArtwork: ssoosay - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssoosay/
Thank youPhoto: Omar Robert Hamilton - http://www.flickr.com/photos/56458828@N02/