Democracy's Fourth Wave? Digital Media and the Arab Spring

Name: Democracy's Fourth Wave? Digital Media and the Arab Spring
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ISBN: 9780199936977

ISBN-10: 0199936978

ISBN-13: 9780199936977

Edition: 2012

Authors: Philip N. Howard, Muzammil M. Hussain

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In 2011, the international community watched as a shockingly unlikely community of citizens toppled three of the world's most entrenched dictators: Ben Ali in Tunisia, Mubarak in Egypt, and Qaddafi in Libya. This movement of cascading democratization, commonly known as the Arab Spring, wasplanned and executed not by political parties, but by students, young entrepreneurs, and the rising urban middle class. International experts and the popular press have pointed to the near-identical reliance on digital media in all three movements, arguing that these authoritarian regimes were inessence defeated by the Internet. Is that true? Should Mubarak blame Twitter for his sudden fall from power? Did…

Book details

List price: $43.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/29/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Digital Media and the Arab Spring



The Recent History of Digital Media and Dissent



Information Infrastructure and the Organization of Protest



Authoritarian Responses and Consequences



Al Jazeera, Social Media, and Digital Journalism


Conclusion: Digital Media and the Rhythms of Social Change


Notes


References


Index