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The article focuses on how to anticipate urban violence. It discusses aspects of social movements such as the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 and how researchers have become interested in information published on online social networks such as Twitter and Facebook with the idea that discourses precede acts. It discusses the computer software Condor which analyzes the evolution of vocabulary used by leaders of a social movement and the computer program E-MEME (Epidemiological Modeling of the Evolution of MEssages).

The article discusses a study conducted by the Internet marketing research company ComScore concerning the use of Web-based e-mail accounts in the U.S. from November 2009 to November 2010, which shows a decline among 12-17 year old e-mail users. According to the research, the use of online social networks and instant messaging has surpassed e-mails usage. Also discussed is the 2010 study concerning the use of online social networks in France.