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How Dictators Control the Internet: A Review Essay
Comparative Political Studies, volume 53, issue 10-11 (2020), pp. 1690-1703
"A growing body of research has studied how autocratic regimes interfere with internet communication to contain challenges to their rule. In this review article, we survey the literature and identify the most important directions and challenges for future research. We structure our review along diff
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The Internet and Political Protest in Autocracies
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New York: Oxford University Press (2019), x, 205 pp.
"Eight years after the Arab Spring there is still much debate over the link between Internet technology and protest against authoritarian regimes. While the debate has advanced beyond the simple question of whether the Internet is a tool of liberation or one of surveillance and propaganda, theory an
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Digital Discrimination: Political Bias in Internet Service Provision Across Ethnic Groups
Science, volume 353, issue 6304 (2016), pp. 1151-1155
"The global expansion of the Internet is frequently associated with increased government transparency, political rights, and democracy. However, this assumption depends on marginalized groups getting access in the first place. Here we document a strong and persistent political bias in the allocation
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Is the Phone Mightier than the Sword? Cell Phones and Insurgent Violence in Iraq
International Organization, volume 69, issue 2 (2012), pp. 247-274
"Does improved communication as provided by modern cell phone technology affect the production of violence during insurgencies? Theoretical predictions are ambiguous, introducing cell phones can enhance insurgent communications but can also make it easier for the population to share information with
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