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Democracy's Fourth Wave? Digital Media and the Arab Spring

Philip N. Howard, Muzammil M. Hussain

Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2013), xiv, 145 pp.

"Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain examine the complex role of the Internet, mobile phones, and social networking applications in the Arab Spring. Examining digital media access, level of grievance, and levels of protest for popular democratization in 16 countries in the Middle East and North ... more

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New Directions of Internet Activism in Egypt

Randa Aboubakr

Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research, volume 38, issue 3 (2013), pp. 251-267

"Research on new media has always highlighted the assumption that in authoritarian contexts, communication technologies provide political activists with ampler space than available in the heavily policed physical world. However, social and political changes taking place throughout Egypt and the Arab ... more

Internet Freedom and Political Space

Olesya Tkacheva, Lowell H. Schwartz, Martin C. Libicki, Julie E. Taylor, Jeffrey Martini, Caroline Baxter

Santa Monica, Calif. et al.: RAND Corporation;U.S. Department of State (2013), xxiv, 261 pp.

"This report examines whether and how furthering Internet freedom can empower civil society vis-à-vis public officials, make the government more accountable to its citizens, and integrate citizens into the policymaking process. Using case studies of events in 2011 in Egypt, Syria, China, and Russia ... more

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The New Media and Malaysian Politics in Historical Perspective

Thomas B. Pepinsky

Contemporary Southeast Asia, volume 35, issue 1 (2013), pp. 83-103

"Drawing on a historical approach to Malaysia's political development since independence, this paper argues that the political effects of the rise of Malaysia's new media are best understood as being parallel to those of modernization and socio-economic change from previous decades, which augured im ... more

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Cyberactivism in the Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions: Potentials, Limitations, Overlaps and Divergences

Sahar Khamis, Katherine Vaughn

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2013), pp. 69-86

"This article discusses the role of ‘cyberactivism’ or the role played by new media in paving the way for political transformation, in both the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions of 2011. It starts with a discussion of the potentials of cyberactivism in both of these revolutions, especially how t ... more

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Electronic Iran: The Cultural Politics of an Online Evolution

Niki Akhavan

New Brunswick, New Jers.: Rutgers University Press (2013), viii, 149 pp.

"Electronic Iran introduces the concept of the Iranian Internet, a framework that captures interlinked, transnational networks of virtual and offline spaces. Taking her cues from early Internet ethnographies that stress the importance of treating the Internet as both a site and product of cultural p ... more

The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings: Past and Present

Maha Taki, Lorenzo Coretti (eds.)

Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 9, issue 2 (2013), pp. 1-122

Social Media and Civic Participation: Literature Review and Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh and Palestinian Territories

Dina Bokai, David Fernando Forero, Pablo Garcés, Joseph Peralta, Kate Shieh

London: BBC Media Action;London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2013), 55 pp.

"Highlights the findings of the LSE students’ work undertaken between October 2012 and March 2013: a literature review and analysis of BBC Media Action data from Palestinian Territories and Bangladesh on use of social media and civic participation. Findings include: Use of social media is positive ... more

The Arab World: The Role of Media in the Arab World's Transformation Process

Christoph Schmidt (ed.)

Berlin: Vistas (2013), 286 pp.

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Opening Closed Regimes: Civil Society, Information Infrastructure, and Political Islam

Muzammil M. Hussain, Philip N. Howard

In: Digital Media and Political Engagement Worldwide: A Comparative Study

Eva Anduiza Perea; Michael James Jensen; Laia Jorba (eds.)

New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 200-220

"Ruling elites often try to co-opt civil society groups, and in times of political or military crises they can attempt to control the national information infrastructure. But a defining feature of civil society is independence from the authority of the state, even in countries such as Saudi Arabia a ... more

Using ICT to Promote Governance

John Siceloff, Rikke Ingrid Jensen

DANIDA (2012), 40 pp.

"In the fall of 2011, Danida commissioned a study with the objective of examining strategic opportunities for using ICT for promoting governance and democratization efforts within development assistance; and exploring opportunities for ICT in the present Danish portfolio of development programs and ... more

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Liberation Technology: Social Media and the Struggle for Democracy

Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner (eds.)

Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press (2012), xxvii, 176 pp.

New Media and Conflict After the Arab Spring

Sean Aday, Henry Farrell, Marc Lynch, John Sides, Deen Freelon

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2012), 24 pp.

"An extraordinary wave of popular protest swept the Arab world in 2011. Massive popular mobilization brought down long-ruling leaders in Tunisia and Egypt, helped spark bloody struggles in Bahrain, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, and fundamentally reshaped the nature of politics in the region. New media - ... more

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Digitale Herausforderung: Internationale Beziehungen in Zeiten / Web 2.0

Erik Bettermann, Ronald Grätz (eds.)

Göttingen: Steidl;Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2012), 188 pp.

"Der arabische Frühling war nicht nur der Beginn eines gesellschaftlichen und politischen Umwälzungsprozesses in Nordafrika, sondern auch der Startpunkt einer neuen außenpolitischen Ära im Zeichen / Web 2.0. Auch wenn die Bedeutung der Mobiltelefone und sozialen Medien, mit der die Oppositionell ... more

Cyber-Nationalism in China: Challenging Western Media Portrayals of Internet Censorship in China

Ying Jiang

Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press (2012), xi, 141 pp.

"The prevailing consumerism in Chinese cyberspace is a growing element of Chinese culture and an important aspect of this book. Chinese bloggers, who have strongly embraced consumerism and tend to be apathetic about politics, have nonetheless demonstrated political passion over issues such as the We ... more

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Vernetzt Euch!

Lina Ben Mhenni

Berlin: Ullstein (2011), 46 pp.

"Die 27-jährige Lina Ben Mhenni war eine der Internetaktivisten, die den tunesischen Diktator Ben Ali vertrieben haben. Sie ist auf die Straße gegangen, hat mit anderen Demonstranten die Freiheit gefordert. Sie hat fotografiert, gefilmt und berichtet, dort, wo keine Presse erlaubt war. Ihr Blog 'A ... more

Arab New Media for Peace and Dialogue: Best Practice Guide and Pedagogical Toolkit

Barceloa: Centre UNESCO de Catalunya (2010), 162 pp.

"The Best Practice Guide gives a general overview of new media in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories and Syria. It analyses new media experiences acquired in conflict and post conflict areas, presenting best practice examples and recommendations developed by the workshop participants ... more

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African Digital Media and the Public Sphere

Okoth Fred Mudhai, Wisdom J. Tettey, Fackson Banda (eds.)

New York; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xv, 260 pp.

"This book examines, from theoretical and empirical perspectives, the claims that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) are catalysts of democratic change in Africa. Contributors do so from optimist, pragmatist-realist, and pessimist stances through analyses of various forms of evide ... more

Comunicación y poder

Manuel Castells

Madrid: Alianza Editorial (2009), 679 pp.

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