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Democracy's fourth wave? : digital media and the Arab Spring / Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford studies in digital politicsPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 145 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199936960
  • 019993696X
  • 0199333084
  • 9780199333080
  • 9781299600638
  • 1299600638
Other title:
  • Digital media and the Arab Spring
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Democracy's fourth wave?DDC classification:
  • 909/.097492708312 23
LOC classification:
  • JQ1850.A91 H68 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Digital Media and the Arab Spring; 2. The Recent History of Digital Media and Dissent; 3. Information Infrastructure and the Organization of Protest; 4. Authoritarian Responses and Consequences; 5. Al Jazeera, Social Media, and Digital Journalism; Conclusion: Digital Media and the Rhythms of Social Change; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
Summary: In 2011, the international community watched as citizens mobilized through the Internet and digital media to topple three of the world's most entrenched dictators: Ben Ali in Tunisia Mubarak in Egypt, and Qaddafi in Libya. This book examines not only the unexpected evolution of events during the Arab Spring but the longer history of desperate - and creative - digital activism through the Arab world.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-140) and index.

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In 2011, the international community watched as citizens mobilized through the Internet and digital media to topple three of the world's most entrenched dictators: Ben Ali in Tunisia Mubarak in Egypt, and Qaddafi in Libya. This book examines not only the unexpected evolution of events during the Arab Spring but the longer history of desperate - and creative - digital activism through the Arab world.

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Digital Media and the Arab Spring; 2. The Recent History of Digital Media and Dissent; 3. Information Infrastructure and the Organization of Protest; 4. Authoritarian Responses and Consequences; 5. Al Jazeera, Social Media, and Digital Journalism; Conclusion: Digital Media and the Rhythms of Social Change; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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