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Democracy's fourth wave? : digital media and the Arab Spring / Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howard, Philip N.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in digital politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arab Spring, 2010-.
- Information technology--Political aspects--Arab countries.
- Information technology.
- Internet--Political aspects--Arab countries.
- Internet.
- Internet--Social aspects--Arab countries.
- Revolutions--Arab countries--History--21st century.
- Revolutions.
- Politics and government.
- History.
- Internet--Social aspects.
- Internet--Political aspects.
- Information technology--Political aspects.
- Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.
- Arab countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 145 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- How Important was Digital Media to the popular uprisings of the Arab Spring? An unlikely network of citizens used digital media to start a cascade of social protest that shocked the region and ultimately toppled four of the world's most entrenched dictators. Howard and Hussain find that while the economic, political, and cultural causes might vary from country to country, technology diffusion patterns brought about new systems of political communication with real consequences for regime fragility and opportunities for social movement success. This book looks at not only the unexpected evolution of events during the Arab Spring, but the deeper history of creative digital activism throughout the region. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Digital Media and the Arab Spring 17
- 2 The Recent History of Digital Media and Dissent 35
- 3 Information Infrastructure and the Organization of Protest 47
- 4 Authoritarian Responses and Consequences 69
- 5 Al Jazeera, Social Media, and Digital Journalism 89.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199333084
- 9780199333080
- Publisher Number:
- 99955190044
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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