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Democracy's fourth wave? : digital media and the Arab Spring
- Title
- Democracy's fourth wave? : digital media and the Arab Spring / Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain.
- Author
- Howard, Philip N.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
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- Additional Authors
- Hussain, Muzammil M.
- Description
- xiv, 145 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Did digital media really "cause" the Arab Spring, or is it an important factor of the story behind what might become democracy's fourth wave? An unlikely network of citizens used digital media to start a cascade of social protest that ultimately toppled four of the world's most entrenched dictators. Howard and Hussain find that the complex causal recipe includes several economic, political and cultural factors, but that digital media is consistently one of the most important sufficient and necessary conditions for explaining both the fragility of regimes and the success of social movements. This book looks at not only the unexpected evolution of events during the Arab Spring, but the deeper history of creative digital activism throughout the region."--Publisher's website.
- Series Statement
- Oxford studies in digital politics
- Uniform Title
- Oxford studies in digital politics.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-5227
- ISBN
- 9780199936977 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0199936978 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780199936953 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0199936951 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012023604
- OCLC
- 805831408
- Author
- Howard, Philip N.
- Title
- Democracy's fourth wave? : digital media and the Arab Spring / Philip N. Howard and Muzammil M. Hussain.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
- Series
- Oxford studies in digital politicsOxford studies in digital politics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Hussain, Muzammil M.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-5227