Digital Middle East : state and society in the information age / Mohamed Zayani, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zayani, Mohamed, 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information society--Middle East.

Information society.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

xii, 335 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Summary:

In recent years, the Middle East's information and communication landscape has changed dramatically. Increasingly, states, businesses, and citizens are capitalizing on the opportunities offered by new technologies, the fast pace of digitization, and enhanced connectivity. These changes are farfrom turning Middle Eastern nations into network societies, but their impact is significant. The growing adoption of a wide variety of technologies in everyday life has given rise to complex dynamics that beg for a better understanding. Digital Middle East sheds a critical light on the continuingchanges closely intertwined with the adoption of information and communication technologies in the region. Drawing on case studies from throughout the Middle East, the contributors explore how these digital transformations are playing out in the social, cultural, political, and economic spheres,exposing the various disjunctions and discordances that have marked the advent of the digital Middle East.

Contents:

1 Mapping the Digital Middle East: Trends and Disjunctions / Mohamed Zayani Zayani, Mohamed 1

2 The Changing Nature of Socialisation Among Arab Youth: Insights from Online Practices / Ilhem Allagai Allagai, Ilhem 33

3 Virtual Worlds, Digital Dreams: Imaginary Spaces of Middle Eastern Video Games / Vu Šisler Šisler, Vu 59

4 Mediated Experience in the Egyptian Revolution / Mark Allen Peterson Peterson, Mark Allen 85

5 Women's Digital Activism: Making Change in the Middle East / Annabell Sreberny Sreberny, Annabell 109

6 Domesticating Foreign Intellectual Property Laws in tilt Digital Age: Of Pirates and Qarsana in the GCC / Suzi Mirgani Mirgani, Suzi 125

7 From Souk to Cyber Souk: Acculturating to e-Commerce in the MENA Region / Norbayati Zakaria Zakaria, Norbayati 143

8 Working for Free: Hidden Social and Political Economies of the Internet in the Middle East / Jon W. Anderson Anderson, Jon W. 167

9 Digital Rights Activism after the Arab Spring: Internet Governance Politics and the Internet Freedom Proto-Regime / Muzammil M. Hussain Hussain, Muzammil M. 197

10 Citizenship and Cyber Politics in Iran / Gholam Khiabany Khiabany, Gholam 217

11 E-Government in the GCC Countries: Promises and Impediments / Damian Radcliffe Radcliffe, Damian 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-315) and index.

ISBN:

9780190859329

0190859326

OCLC:

1038425931