[jazzyjackson]

Where were you during the "arab spring" ? I'm not of the opinion that twitter actually made any difference on-the-ground but that didn't stop the mediascape from preening at how hopeful the future was now that individuals could get information in and out of otherwise closed societies.

I thought I'd try and find some evidence from that time period, 2008-2012, and found this article summarizing a metastudy [0] on perception and outcomes of social media on civic engagement.

  Among all of the factors examined, 82% showed a positive relationship between SNS use and some form of civic or political engagement or participation. 

[0] https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/soci...