Digital resistance in the Middle East : new media activism in everyday life / / Deborah L. Wheeler [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Wheeler Deborah L. <1965->
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 303.4840956
• Soggetto topico: Internet - Political aspects - Middle East; Social movements - Middle East; Social media - Political aspects - Middle East
• Classificazione: MS 7965
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jan 2018).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Digital resistance in the Middle East
• ISBN: 1-4744-3504-1; 1-4744-2256-X; 1-4744-2258-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910666447803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II