Global Digital Activism Data SetThe Meta-Activism Project

INFOGRAPHICS: MAY-JUNE 2011

THE DATA SETGOOGLE SPREADSHEET DETAIL (JUNE 2011)

PROVIDED INFORMATION FOR 7 OR MORE CASES (JUNE 2011)MAJOR SOURCES

SOURCES

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CASESWORLD MAP (MAY 2011)

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CASESDETAIL: MEDITERRANEAN AND WEST AFRICA (MAY 2011)

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CASESDETAIL: MIDDLE EAST (MAY 2011)

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CASESFULL BUBBLE GRAPH (MAY 2011)

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CASESBUBBLE GRAPH DETAIL (MAY 2011)

WORD CLOUD OF CASE TITLESFULL WORD CLOUD (MAY 2011)

WORD CLOUD DETAIL (MAY 2011)WORD CLOUD OF CASE TITLES

PARTIAL LIST OF VARIABLE TYPES (JUNE 2011)CODEBOOK

Case Meta-Data• Legacy Media Source• New Media Source• Journal Source• Book Source

Time Data• Year • Month • Duration

Actor Data• Age • Initiator(s) • Target • Audience • Online/Offline

Geographic Data• Geographic Scope • Region • Country Targeted • Country of the Initiator(s)

Applications Data• One or Several Applications • Website • Blog • Mobile-Based Social Network • Internet-Based Social Network • Video• Photo • Email • Internet Forum • e-Petition • Chat / IM• Mobile App• Game • Map • Wiki • Digital Voice • Circumvention• Document Purpose• Bypass Purpose• Synthesis Purpose• Resource Transfer Purposes• Co-Creation Purpose• Mobilization Purpose• Broadcast Purpose• Network-Building Purpose• Technical Violence Purpose

Framing and Strategy Data• Problem(s) • Cause(s) • Antagonist(s) • Alternative(s) • Protagonist(s) • Motivational Frame(s) • Cause • Outcome • Democratic Outcome(s).

Country-Level Indicators• GDP per Capita• Gini Coefficient • Total Population• Youth Population • Political Regime Type• Regime Durability• World Values Survey • Freedom Score• Press Rating• Tool Filtering• Political Filtering• Mobile Penetration Rate• Internet Penetration Rate

PARTIAL TIME SERIES: 1974-2005 (MAY 2011)TIME DISTRIBUTION OF CASES

DIGITAL ACTIVISM GROWTH WAS SLOW EVEN AS INTERNET USAGE INCREASED

PARTIAL TIME SERIES: 1974-2005, INSET GRAPH VIA ITU (MAY 2011)TIME DISTRIBUTION OF CASES

DIGITAL ACTIVISM GROWTH WAS SLOW EVEN AS INTERNET USAGE INCREASED

PARTIAL TIME SERIES: 1974-2009 (MAY 2011)TIME DISTRIBUTION OF CASES

TREMENDOUS GROWTH 2005-2009(RESULT OF SOCIAL MEDIA?)

FULL TIME SERIES: 1974-2011 (MAY 2011)TIME DISTRIBUTION OF CASES

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