Answer:
The author uses specific data, reasons, and quotations to support her argument effectively, but the excerpt would be stronger if she included eyewitness testimony or personal stories.
Explanation:
The excerpt from "Social Media Made the Arab Spring, But Couldn't Save It" by Jessi Hempel.The authors effectively use verifiable data and a quotation from an expert to support their claim.
The author uses specific data, reasons, and quotations to support her argument effectively, but the excerpt would be stronger if she included eyewitness testimony or personal stories.
The excerpt provides more effective evidence because it has data and statistics from research reports and also uses titles of articles and authors' names as evidence. The excerpt would have been more stronger if the author had taken into account the first hand stories and testimonies of eyewitness on the frontline, this will give more credibility to the excerpt.
