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Autore |
Wheeler Deborah L. <1965-> |
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Titolo |
Digital resistance in the Middle East : new media activism in everyday life / / Deborah L. Wheeler [[electronic resource]] |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-4744-3504-1 |
1-4744-2256-X |
1-4744-2258-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Internet - Political aspects - Middle East |
Social movements - Middle East |
Social media - Political aspects - Middle East |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jan 2018). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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