Answer:
to illustrate that social media motivated average Egyptians to take part in the uprisings
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from "The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings" by Heather Brown, Emily Guskin, and Amy Mitchell, they discuss the role of social media among the people, both educated and non educated. They analyse how much social media helped organise people to take part in the uprisings which happened in Egypt.
The authors use statistics to support their claim by illustrating that social media motivated average Egyptians to take part in the uprisings
