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Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East : Deception, Disinformation and Social Media / Marc Owen Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Marc Owen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Digital media--Political aspects--Middle East.
- Digital media.
- Middle East--Politics and government.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- La Vergne : Hurst Publishers, 2022.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction: The Gulf's Post-Truth Moment
- PART I Digital Deception and the Pseudo-Reality Industries
- 1 Digital Authoritarianism, Deception and Information Controls
- 2 The Deception Order and Pseudo-Reality Industries
- Part II Controlling Domestic Politics
- 3 Making Arabia Great Again: The Evolution of Digital Media Power and Digital Populism in the Gulf
- 4 Automating Deceit: Authoritarian AI and Journoganda
- Part III Trump and the War on Reality in the Gulf
- 5 The US Right-Wing-Saudi Anti-Iran Nexus
- 6 The Gulf Crisis Never Happened: Pseudo-Events and Pseudo-Publics
- PART IV Projecting Influence Abroad
- 7 Foreign Interference in Elections, Revolutions and Protests: From Iraq to Algeria
- 8 You Are Being Lied to by People that Do Not Even Exist: The Pseudo-Journalist
- 9 Football Crazy: Sportswashing and the Pseudo-Fan
- 10 Covid19's Disinformation Superspreaders
- Part V Attacking Journalists and Silencing Dissent
- 11 Silencing Journalists: The Killing of Khashoggi
- 12 Attacking Women: Malinformation and Digital Misogyny
- 13 Stigmatising Muslims: The Sisterhood of the Muslim Brothers
- Part VI Adventures in Troll-land
- 14 Talking Pro-MBS Zombies
- 15 The Rise and Fall of Magnus Callaghan
- Conclusion: The Future of Deception and Digital Tyranny
- Notes
- Index
- Back cover
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jones, Marc Owen. Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East.
- ISBN:
- 1787388824
- 9781787388826
- 9780197676509
- Publisher Number:
- 99996292906
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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