Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Information Technology and Political Islam

Name: Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Information Technology and Political Islam
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ISBN: 9780199736423

ISBN-10: 0199736421

ISBN-13: 9780199736423

Edition: 2010

Authors: Philip N. Howard

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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 are developing their political identities--including a transnational Muslim identity--online. In countries where political parties are illegal, the internet is the only infrastructure for democratic discourse. In others, digital technologies such as mobile phones and the internet have given key actors an information infrastructure that is independent of the state. And in countries with large Muslim…

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List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/21/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Prologue: Revolution in the Middle East Will be Digitized


Introduction: Political Communication and Contemporary Muslim Media Systems



Evolution and Revolution, Transition and Entrenchment



Lineages of the Digital State



Political Parties Online



New Media




Civil Society and Systems of Political Communication



Censorship and the Politics of Cultural Production


Conclusion: Information Technology and Democratic Islam


References


Index