Syria in the Arab Spring: The integration of Syria’s conflict with the Arab uprisings, 2011–2013

How did Syria’s conflict interact with the broader wave of regional protest known as the Arab Spring? This article uses a unique, complete Twitter dataset of tweets including the word “Syria” in English or Arabic to empirically test how Syria’s conflict was discussed online. The analysis shows a hig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marc Lynch, Deen Freelon, Sean Aday
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-10-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014549091