Digital resistance in the Middle East : new media activism in everyday life

Digital resistance in the Middle East new media activism in everyday life

This 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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wheeler, Deborah L., 1965- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2017.
Materias:
Internet > Political aspects > Middle East.
Social movements > Middle East.
Social media > Political aspects > Middle East.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009761840206719
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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