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In the Name of God: Faith-Based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries
Opennet Initiative (2012), 13 pp.
Controlling the Internet in China: The Real Story
Convergence, volume 18, issue 4 (2012), pp. 403-425
"This article examines the complexity of the internet control mechanisms in China by breaking it down to five layers, ranging from the government, service and content providers to webmasters and individual users. It inquires into the logic of the control mechanisms and how such logic is naturalized
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Internet und Demokratie
Wien: Mandelbaum (2012), 124 pp.
National Web Studies: Mapping Iran Online
Philadelphia: Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) Annenberg School for Communication (2012), 25 pp.
"Instead of defining a priori the types of websites to be included in a national web, the approach put forward here makes use of web devices (platforms and engines) that purport to provide (ranked) lists of URLs relevant to a particular country. Once gathered in such a manner, the websites are studi
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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
Washington, DC; New York: Freedom House (2012), 657 pp.
"This report is the third in a series of comprehensive studies of internet freedom around the globe and covers developments in 47 countries that occurred between January 2011 and May 2012. Over 50 researchers, nearly all based in the countries they analyzed, contributed to the project by researching
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Kid Gloves at the Keyboard: Defamation Charges Threaten Freedom of Speech in Asia
KAS International Reports, issue 8 (2012), pp. 118-134
"Concerns are growing in Asia about offensive and extremist material on the internet. New laws have been passed to remedy this, but they have collided with the ways that search engines, social networks and internet cafes run their operations. These service providers have therefore been resisting cal
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Opening Closed Regimes: Civil Society, Information Infrastructure, and Political Islam
In: Digital Media and Political Engagement Worldwide: A Comparative Study
Eva Anduiza Perea, Michael James Jensen, Laia Jorba (eds.)
New York: Cambridge University Press (2012), pp. 200-220
"Ruling elites often try to co-opt civil society groups, and in times of political or military crises they can attempt to control the national information infrastructure. But a defining feature of civil society is independence from the authority of the state, even in countries such as Saudi Arabia a
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Netzpolitik aus internationaler Perspektive: Länderberichte aus den USA, Großbritannien, Spanien, Polen, Indien und Korea
Sankt Augustin; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2011), 114 pp.
"Die Forderung nach Sicherheit im Internet, besonders in Hinblick auf die persönlichen Daten, die Gewährung der Freiheit dieses Mediums ohne staatliche Eingriffe, die Diskussion um adäquate Formen des Urheberrechts und seiner Durchsetzung sowie eine Fokussierung auf die Risiken verbunden mit eine
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Iran und die neuen Medien: Herausforderungen für den Auslandsrundfunk = Iran and the New Media: Challenges for International Broadcasters
Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2011), 126 pp.
"Im ersten Block analysieren Vertreter der iranischen Social-Media-Szene die Rolle des Web 2.0 in Iran von seinen Anfängen bis heute. Der iranische Blogger Mehdi Mohseni umreißt die Social-Media-Aktivitäten der Parteien rund um den Präsidentschaftswahlkampf 2009 und die Folgen für die iranische
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Global Information Society Watch 2011: Internet Rights and Democratisation. Focus on Freedom of Expression and Association Online
Association for Progressive Communications (APC); Hivos (2011), 273 pp.
"In the year of the Arab uprisings Global Information Society Watch 2011 investigates how governments and internet and mobile phone companies are trying to restrict freedom online – and how citizens are responding to this using the very same technologies. Everyone is familiar with the stories of E
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The No-Nonsense Guide to ... The Great Internet Grab: Who Wins, Who Loses?
Toronto: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) (2011), 6 pp.
La política de Internet desde una perspectiva internacional: Seis informes nacionales
Sankt Augustin; Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2011), 108 pp.
Cyberactivism in the Egyptian Revolution: How Civic Engagement and Citizen Journalism Tilted the Balance
Arab Media & Society, issue 13 (2011), 37 pp.
"The Egyptian revolution was characterized by the instrumental use of social media, especially Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and text messaging by protesters, to bring about political change and democratic transformation. This article focuses on how these new types of media acted as effective tools fo
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Internetzensur in China: Aufbau und Grenzen des Chinesischen Kontrollsystems
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2011), 246 pp.
"Eine Serie von Fallstudien – unter anderem zur Funktion von Blogs und Microblogs als „bottom- up journalism“ und zu Aktivitätsfeldern des chinesischen „hacktivism“ – verdeutlicht, welches Potenzial politischer Mobilisierung auch im chinesischen Kontext in der internetbasierten Kommunik
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Predicting Political Discussion in a Censored Virtual Environment
Political Communication, volume 28, issue 3 (2011), pp. 341-356
"Contrary to the optimistic view that the Internet would promote democracy in authoritarian countries like China, the pervasive political apathy among younger generations calls for a closer examination of micro-level individual political participation. This study contributes to the nascent body of e
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Freedom of Connection – Freedom of Expression: The Changing Legal and Regulatory Ecology Shaping the Internet
Oxford; Paris: Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford; UNESCO (2010), 103 pp.
"The report explores the various legal and policy mechanisms that are crucial for the free flow of information, providing guidance for policy-makers and other relevant users, for the creation of environments conducive to the freedom of expression. As this publication makes clear, freedom of expressi
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The Digital Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2010), xii, 285 pp.
"Around the developing world, political leaders face a dilemma: the very information and communication technologies that boost economic fortunes also undermine power structures. Globally, one in ten internet users is a Muslim living in a populous Muslim community. In these countries, young people ar
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World Day Against Cyber Censorship: 12 March 2010. Enemies of the Internet, Countries Under Surveillance
Paris: Reporters Without Borders (2010), 62 pp.
Situational Report on Control and Censorship of Online Media, Through the Use of Laws and the Imposition of Thai State Policies
Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2010), 27 pp.
Internet or Enter-Not: The Syrian Experience
Amsterdam: Hivos; Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) University of Amsterdam (2010), 13 pp.
"This working paper discusses the status of the internet in Syria. Syrian authorities show a large amount of distrust vis-à-vis the new technology and there is much state control. The list of banned sites is long, varied and flexible. Website bans are about muzzling free expression and controlling
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