Digital Resistance in the Middle East : New Media Activism in Everyday Life /

Explores how internet use empowers Arab citizensThis book argues that Internet diffusion and use in the Middle East enables meaningful micro-changes in citizens' lives, even in states where no Arab Spring revolution occurred. Using ethnographic evidence and taking a comparative perspective, it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wheeler, Deborah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Internet > Political aspects > Middle East.
Social media > Political aspects > Middle East.
Social movements > Middle East.
Islamic Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy.
Internet > Political aspects
Social media > Political aspects
Social movements
Gesellschaft
Sozialer Wandel
Auswirkung
Entwicklung
Medienkonsum
Wirkung
Internet
Empowerment
Social Media
Middle East
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES AND TABLES
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF INTERNET DIFFUSION AND IMPACT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  • 2 IT 4 REGIME CHANGE: NETWORKING AROUND THE STATE IN EGYPT
  • 3 NO MORE RED LINES: NETWORKING AROUND THE STATE IN JORDAN
  • 4 HURRY UP AND WAIT: OPPOSITIONAL COMPLIANCE AND NETWORKING AROUND THE STATE IN KUWAIT
  • 5 THE MICRO-DEMISE OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST: WORKING AROUND THE STATE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
  • 6 FEAR THE STATE: REPRESSION AND THE RISKS OF RESISTANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX: INTERNET USER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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