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Author:   Muzammil M. Hussain ,  Philip N. Howard
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.294kg
ISBN:  

9781138250109

ISBN 10:   1138250104
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   09 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: State Power 2.0, Muzammil M. Hussain, Philip N. Howard, Sheetal D. Agarwal; Part 1 Information Infrastructure and Social Control; Chapter 1 Origins of the Tunisian Internet, Katherine Maher, Jillian C. York; Chapter 2 The State of Digital Exception: Censorship and Dissent in Post-Revolutionary Iran, BabakRahimi; Chapter 3 Information Infrastructure and Anti-Regime Protests in Iran and Tunisia, MatthewCarrieri, Ronald J.Deibert, Saad OmarKhan; Chapter 4 Digital Occupation in Gaza’s High-Tech Enclosure, HelgaTawil-Souri; Chapter 5 Leveraged Affordances and the Specter of Structural Violence, DavidKarpf, StevenLivingston; Part 2 Digital Media and Political Engagement; Chapter 6 Technology-Induced Innovation in the Making and Consolidation of Arab Democracy, ImadSalamey; Chapter 7 Al-Masry Al-Youm and Egypt’s New Media Ecology, David MFaris; Chapter 8 Communicating Politics in Kuwait, FahedAl-Sumait; Chapter 9 Social Media and Soft Political Change in Morocco, MohammedIbahrine; Chapter 10 Leninist Lapdogs to Bothersome Bloggers in Vietnam, CatherineMcKinley, AnyaSchiffrin; Chapter 11 Dynamics of Innovation and the Balance of Power in Russia, GregoryAsmolov; Chapter 12 Anonymous vs. Authoritarianism, Jessica L.Beyer;

Reviews

'Interest in how governments use, manipulate, or even shut down the internet in the service of state power has been growing at a fever pitch. This collection provides an insightful framework for understanding these dynamics as well as an impressive array of individual chapters that will undoubtedly become an essential scholarly resource in this area for years to come.' Michael Xenos, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA 'When Time magazine named You as its person of the year in 2006, few could foresee how swiftly both authoritarian and democratic states would learn to control political participation on the internet. This landmark comparative study brings to light the tactics states are using to protect their authority and manage dissent. Amid huge claims about the power of technology to drive political change, this volume provides concrete analysis across a range of national media ecologies and hundreds of events. Paradoxically, by bringing us back down to earth the authors help us understand better how our voices might be heard and change realised.' Ben O'Loughlin, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Author Information

Muzammil M. Hussain is Assistant Professor of Global Media Studies at the University of Michigan’s Department of Communication Studies, and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Social Research’s Center for Political Studies. He tweets from @m_m_hussain. Philip N. Howard is a professor in the School of Public Policy at Central European University . His writings appear at and he tweets from @pnhoward.

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