How do the authors use statistics to support their claim? Read the excerpt from "The Role of Social Media in the
Arab Uprisings" by Heather Brown, Emily Guskin, and
Amy Mitchell
In July 2012 a report was published by the United
States Institute of Peace
... 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..
O to include ideas about how social media can help
authoritarian regimes remain in power
O to emphasize that Egyptians, even those who are
highly educated, mistrust social media
O to illustrate that social media motivated average
Egyptians to take part in the uprisings
to show that even though social media use was
limited, it was often directly connected to politics
Data from the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes
Project at least somewhat supports this conclusion with
its findings that the majority of Egyptians are not online.
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of the total population do not use
the internet. When looking specifically at those with a
college education, use of social media for obtaining
political information is more prevalent than in other
seaments of the population. Though most of the country

to illustrate that social media motivated average Egyptians to take part in the uprisings

Explanation:

According to the excerpt from "The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings" by Heather Brown, Emily Guskin, and Amy Mitchell, they discuss the role of social media among the people, both educated and non educated. They analyse how much social media helped organise people to take part in the uprisings which happened in Egypt.

The authors use statistics to support their claim by illustrating that social media motivated average Egyptians to take part in the uprisings

It's option D

Explanation:

I took the test

returning points to main account

explanation:

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.