LEADER 04580nam 22007091 450 001 9910954358303321 005 20180824085836.0 010 $a9781350987425 010 $a1350987425 010 $a9781786731265 010 $a1786731266 010 $a9781786721266 010 $a1786721260 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350987425 035 $a(CKB)3710000001411166 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4883919 035 $a(OCoLC)1114476970 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09263594 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781350987425BC 035 $a(Perlego)916423 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001411166 100 $a20190708h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOnline activism in the Middle East $epolitical power and authoritarian governments from Egypt to Kuwait /$fJon Nordenson 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 402 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aLibrary of modern Middle East studies ;$v191 300 $aCompliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily. 311 08$a9781784537784 311 08$a1784537780 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 328-389) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- How should we understand online activism? -- How should we study online activism? -- The Egyptian case: the context, the issue, and my findings -- The Kuwaiti case: the context, the issue, and my findings -- Comparing the cases -- Assessing the campaigns -- Understanding online activism -- Online activism in Egypt and Kuwait: conclusions. 330 8 $a"Does the internet facilitate social and political change, or even democratization, in the Middle East? Despite existing research on this subject, there is still no consensus on the importance of social media and online platforms, or on how we are to understand their influence. This book provides empirical analysis of the day-to-day use of online platforms by activists in Egypt and Kuwait. The research evaluates the importance of online platforms for effecting change and establishes a specific framework for doing so. Egypt and Kuwait were chosen because, since the mid-2000s, they have been the most prominent Arab countries in terms of online and offline activism. In the context of Kuwait, Jon Nordenson examines the oppositional youth groups who fought for a constitutional, democratic monarchy in the emirate. In Egypt, focus surrounds the groups and organizations working against sexual violence and sexual harassment. This book shows how and why online platforms are used by activists and identifies the crucial features of successful online campaigns. Egypt and Kuwait are revealed to be authoritarian contexts but where the challenges and possibilities faced by activists are quite different. The comparative nature of this research therefore exposes the context-specific usage of online platforms, separating this from the more general features of online activism. Nordenson demonstrates the power of online activism to create an essential 'counterpublic' that can challenge an authoritarian state and enable excluded groups to fight in ways that are far more difficult to suppress than a demonstration."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 410 0$aLibrary of modern Middle East studies ;$v191. 606 $aInternet and activism$zEgypt 606 $aInternet and activism$zKuwait 606 $aOnline social networks$xPolitical aspects$zEgypt 606 $aOnline social networks$xPolitical aspects$zKuwait 606 $aProtest movements$zEgypt$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aProtest movements$zKuwait$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aRevolutions$zMiddle East 606 $2Media studies 615 0$aInternet and activism 615 0$aInternet and activism 615 0$aOnline social networks$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aOnline social networks$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aProtest movements$xHistory 615 0$aProtest movements$xHistory 615 0$aRevolutions 676 $a302.23/1 700 $aNordenson$b Jon$0741541 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954358303321 996 $aOnline activism in the Middle East$94336848 997 $aUNINA