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Authoritarian Regimes: Media Systems & Landscapes
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Social Media in Political Communication
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Digital Divide, Digital Inequalities
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Authoritarian Regimes, Dictatorships
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ICT / Internet Projects (Development Aid)
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E-Governance, E-Democracy
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Internet and Politics
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Media Assistance: Digital Journalism & Social Media
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Information Society
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Uyghurs, Uighurs
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Information For All Programme (IFAP/UNESCO)
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Darknet
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Telegram
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Diaspora Media
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Political Economy of Media
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Gaming, Video Games
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Everyday Life
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Uses-And-Gratifications Approach
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Software
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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Chinas digitale Revolution: Politische Kommunikation in der virtuellen Welt
KAS Auslandsinformationen, issue 6 (2010), pp. 89-102
"Das chinesische Festland zählte im Sommer 2009 338 Millionen Internetanwender. Dies bezieht sich auf diejenigen „User", die über sechs Jahre alt sind und sich in den letzten sechs Monaten im Internet einloggten. Das übertrifft die 312 Millionen „Worldwideweb"-Nutzer der Europäischen Union u
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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.
"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar
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Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2010), xvi, 617 pp.
"Internet censorship and surveillance becomes more sophisticated. The first-generation controls like China's "Great Firewall" are being replaced by techniques that include strategically timed distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, targeted malware, take-down notices and stringent terms-of-usa
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Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Against Independent Media and Human Rights Sites
Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet & Society (2010), 66 pp.
Internet Filtering in Iran
OpenNet Initiative (2009), 14 pp.
The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online
New York: Columbia University Press (2009), xv, 302 pp.
New Media and International Media Development: A Resource Guide for Europe and Eurasia
Washington, DC: USAID (2008), 32 pp.
"This paper begins by analyzing the trends and technologies comprising new media. Social networking sites, new mobile phone technologies, and online broadcasting sites like YouTube are assessed to show how they can be incorporated in media assistance projects. The second section continues to examine
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Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2008), 449 pp.
"Internet filtering takes place in at least forty states worldwide including many countries in Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. This publication examines the political, legal, social, and cultural contexts of Internet filtering in these states from a variety of perspectives. The six introd
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The blogging revolution
Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press (2008), vii, 294 pp.
"This searching examination explores how the internet is threatening the rule of particularly repressive governments - including China, Cuba, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Addressing internet censorship, citizen journalism, and the growing popularity of blogging as a means for change, this in-dept
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The Internet in the Arab World: Egypt and Beyond
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2007), xxii, 175 pp.
"The internet in the Arab World: Egypt and beyond is the first book to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the status of the internet and its uses and effects in Egypt and the Arab world. Tackling the issue in a systematic, scientific manner, this book also examines Islamic online communic
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A Report on the Status of the Internet in Iran
Teheran: Iran Civil Society Organizations Training and Research Center (2005), 24 pp.
"Attending to the status of the Internet in Iran, the present report primarily focuses on filtration. Firstly, it will touch on the current situation of the Internet in Iran. Secondly, it will look into the statutes restricting the freedom of expression including both the public media laws and the l
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False Freedom: Online Censorship in the Middle East and North Africa
New York: Human Rights Watch (2005), 144 pp.
"This report examines Internet trends and policies in the Middle East and North Africa region as they affect freedom of expression, focusing particularly on Egypt, Iran, Syria, and Tunisia. Human Rights Watch selected these four countries for closer scrutiny as much for their differences as for thei
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From Quill to Cursor: Freedom of the Media in the Digital Era
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2003), 117 pp.
Asien und das Internet
Hamburg: Institut für Asienkunde (2002), 254 pp.
