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The percentage increase of 10% The use of social sites faster prevalent in Egypt and Russia

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The percentage increase of 10% A report issued by the Center for "Bio" for research on the use of modern techniques of social networking in 21 countries, both in Egypt and Russia before the stages of the world regarding the use of electronic means of social communication. The report showed that the population of poor countries send SMS messages more than the population-rich countries, while the men used in both Spain and Germany the Internet on their phone more intelligent than women. The report also noted that the phenomenon of SMS text messaging is the most prevalent globally, in the countries surveyed show that 75% of mobile owners use the service. Did not change the use of social networking sites as "Facebook and Twitter" between 2010 and 2011, except for Egypt, which increased the proportion of use of social networking sites from 18% last year, to 28% this year, in addition to Russia, which increased the proportion of use of social networking sites 33% to 43%. The social networking sites as "Facebook and Twitter" one of the tools that sparked the revolution in Egypt and led to the fall of the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak, said observers, the social networking sites contributed to the mobilization of the demonstrations in Moscow, when tens of thousands of Russians to the streets to demonstrate against the Parliament in the issue of rigged elections. The survey sample ranged between 700 and 4000 people in 21 countries, and most other results published by the report were Indonesia, Kenya, the two most states use two SMS messaging, as the figure was 96% and 89% respectively, while did not exceed this percentage to 67% in United States of America. As in Spain, reaching the proportion of males who use the Internet via their mobile phones to 29% compared with 13% of the females, while the ratio in Germany 26% to 11% in Turkey, 30% to 14%, according to the network "CNN's" American. The percentage of users of social sites in the United States to 50% compared with both India and Pakistan, the figure reached in each of them to 5% and 2% respectively.
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Social networking booming in Egypt, Russia, survey finds

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A woman talks on a mobile phone in Cairo's Tahrir Square on February 12, 2011.
A woman talks on a mobile phone in Cairo's Tahrir Square on February 12, 2011.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Survey: Use of social networks grew dramatically amid recent upheavals in Egypt and Russia
  • People in poorer countries such as Kenya send texts more often than those in wealthier ones
  • New Pew Research Center report measured the usage of digital communication in 21 countries

(CNN) -- People in poorer countries send text messages more often than those in wealthier countries. Men in Spain and Germany access the Internet on their phones twice as much as women do.

And use of online social networks grew dramatically in Egypt and Russia over the past year, most likely as part of the recent political upheavals in those countries.

These are among the results of a new report that measured the usage of digital communication in 21 countries. The survey by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project found that text messaging is now a widespread global phenomenon: In the countries polled, 75% of cell phone owners say they text.

In almost all the countries surveyed, the use of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter didn't change much from 2010 to 2011. Two notable exceptions were Egypt, where 28% of respondents now use social networks -- up from 18% last year -- and Russia, where social-networking use rose from 33% to 43%.

Facebook and other networking tools played a prominent role in the revolution that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in February. Protesters organized so effectively on social networks that the Egyptian government shut down the Internet for five days in an unsuccessful attempt to quell the uprising.

Observers say social networks also have helped mobilize protesters in Moscow, where tens of thousands have filled the streets to speak out against Russian parliamentary elections they say were rigged. The Pew survey found that only 6% of Internet users in Russia were not on social-networking sites.

Researchers conducted the survey face-to-face and via telephone in the spring of this year. Sample sizes in each country ranged from 700 in Japan to more than 4,000 in India.

Among the survey's other findings:

-- Of the countries surveyed, text messaging was most common in Indonesia and Kenya, where 96% and 89% of people said they regularly send texts. By contrast, 67% of people in the United States were frequent texters.

-- In Spain, 29% of male cell phone owners use their devices to access the Internet, compared to 13% of female phone owners. This mobile-Web gender gap was also pronounced in Germany (26%/11%) and in Turkey (30%/14%).

-- Social networking is generally more common in wealthier nations, largely driven by the fact that they have higher rates of Internet access. For example, 53% of respondents in Israel and 50% of respondents in the U.S. said they use social networks, compared with 5% in India and 2% in Pakistan.

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