Joshua Tucker: One of the biggest stories of 2013 was the continued rise of social media usage worldwide. The end of the year also saw the emergence of unexpected protests in Ukraine, which we covered here at The Monkey Cage. In the following guest post, Oxford University (Nuffield College) political scientist Olga Onuch reports on new survey data that sheds important light on both the “social” component of social media in driving the Euromaidan protests, as well as the continuing importance of social media both on and off line.
EuroMaidan Revolution
Olga Onuch: Social networks and social media in Ukraine’s EuroMaidan
A protester holds his daughter, at the camp of the Ukrainian opposition on Independence Square in Kiev on December 23, 2013. Pro-EU protest movement in Ukraine appeared on December 22, 2013 to lose its momentum after the government's bailout deal with Russia, as the latest rally in Kiev drew far fewer demonstrators. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSK
