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Networked publics and digital contention : the politics of everyday life in Tunisia / Mohamed Zayani. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zayani, Mohamed, 1965- author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in digital politics.
- Oxford studies in digital politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social media--Political aspects--Tunisia.
- Social media.
- Online social networks--Political aspects--Tunisia.
- Online social networks.
- Social movements--Tunisia.
- Social movements.
- Youth--Political activity--Tunisia.
- Youth.
- Tunisia--Politics and government--2011-.
- Tunisia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- How is the adoption of digital media in the Arab world affecting the relationship between the state and its subjects? What new forms of online engagement and strategies of resistance have emerged from the aspirations of digitally empowered citizens? This book tells the compelling story of the concurrent evolution of technology and society in the Middle East and North Africa region. It brings into focus the intricate relationship between Internet development, youth activism, cyber resistance, and political participation.
- Notes:
- Published in collaboration with Georgetown University's Center for International and Regional Studies, School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 21, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-023980-8
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