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Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation
London; New York: Rowman & Littlefield (2015), vii, 240 pp.
Speaking Up for the Suffering (br)other: Weibo Activism, Discursive Struggles, and Minimal Politics in China
Media, Culture & Society, volume 37, issue 4 (2015), pp. 513-529
"In order to offer a more nuanced account of the relationship between online media and politics, this article proposes a theoretical framework that pays attention to discursive struggles, identifies strategies to contest hegemonic discourses, and employs a broadened notion of politics, referred to a
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Social Media in Syria's Uprising and Post-Revolution Libya: An Analysis of Activists' and Blogger's Online Engagement
Arab Media & Society, issue 19 (2014), 21 pp.
"Masudul Biswas and Carrie Sipes perform a comparative content analysis of Twitter and Facebook posts from a sample of Syrian and Libyan activist groups. By considering online content in the context of post-revolution Libya and the continuing upheaval in Syria, the authors shed new light on online a
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Mapping Digital Media: Global Findings. Digital Journalism: Making News, Breaking News
Deep Insights
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Program on Independent Journalism (2014), 360 pp.
"The Mapping Digital Media research confirms that digital television and the internet have had a radical impact on media businesses, journalists, and citizens at large. As might be expected, platforms distributing journalism have proliferated, media companies are revamping their operations, and citi
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Syria's Socially Mediated Civil War
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2014), 33 pp.
"Analysis of the unprecedented use of social media on Syria points to important findings on the role of new media in conflict zones. In particular, social media create a dangerous illusion of unmediated information flows. Key curation hubs within networks may now play a gatekeeping role as powerful
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DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2014), x, 450 pp.
"Today, DIY- do-it-yourself - describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways (as in Egypt's "Twitter revolution" of 2011) and to repurpose corporate content (or create new user-generated content) in order to offer political counternar
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Citizen Journalism: Global Perspectives, Vol. 2
New York: Peter Lang (2014), xii, 406 pp.
Media Evolution on the Eve of the Arab Spring
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xi, 285 pp.
"Media Evolution on the Eve of the Arab Spring brings together some of the most celebrated and respected names in Arab media research to reflect on the communication conditions that preceded and made the Arab uprisings possible." (Publisher description)
Uncommon Grounds: New Media and Critical Practices in North Africa and the Middle East
London; New York: Tauris (2014), 359 pp.
"Examining the opportunities presented by the real-time generation of new, relatively unregulated content online, Uncommon Grounds evaluates the prominent role that new media has come to play in artistic practices – and social movements – in the Arab world today. Analysing alternative forms of c
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Ägyptische Blogs und ihre Bedeutung bei der Schaffung einer Gegenöffentlichkeit im Arabischen Frühling
Berlin; Münster: Lit (2014), 129 pp.
"Das Buch konzentriert sich auf den Aspekt des möglichen Einsatzes von Blogs zur Schaffung einer Gegenöffentlichkeit. Dazu werden englischsprachige, ägyptische Blogs untersucht, die während der Revolte gegen das Mubarak-Regime erstellt wurden. Zentral ist dabei die Frage, ob und wie ägyptische
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Social Media and the Politics of Reportage: The 'Arab Spring'
Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan (2014), xii, 141 pp.
"Social Media and the Politics of Reportage explores the journalistic challenges, issues and opportunities that have risen as a result of social media increasingly being used as a form of crisis reporting within the field of global journalism, with a focus on the protests during the 'Arab Spring'."
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Social Change Anytime Everywhere: How to Implement Online Multichannel Strategies to Spark Advocacy, Raise Money, and Engage Your Community
New York, NY: Wiley (2013), xxiv, 230 pp.
The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings: Past and Present
Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, volume 9, issue 2 (2013), pp. 1-122
Special Issue on Youth, ICTs, and Civic Engagement in Asia
International Communication Gazette, volume 75, issue 3 (2013), pp. 249-337
"The articles collected in this special issue share a common focus: young adults’ use of new media for civic engagement in South and Southeast Asia. Youth engagement problems are evident when established democracies witness a decline in youth participation in traditional civic activities (e.g., vo
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Many Clicks But Little Sticks: Social Media Activism in Indonesia
Journal of Contemporary Asia, volume 43, issue 4 (2013), pp. 636-657
"Rather than viewing social media activism as the harbinger of social change or dismissing it as mere “slacktivism,” the article provides a more nuanced argument by identifying the conditions under which participation in social media might lead to successful political activism. In social media,
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Mapping Digital Media: Egypt
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 78 pp.
Internet und soziale Netzwerke in Russland
Russland-Analysen, issue 264 (2013), pp. 2-17
Mapping Digital Media: Uruguay
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 91 pp.
Internet Freedom and Political Space
Santa Monica, Calif. et al.: RAND Corporation; U.S. Department of State (2013), xxiv, 261 pp.
"This report examines whether and how furthering Internet freedom can empower civil society vis-à-vis public officials, make the government more accountable to its citizens, and integrate citizens into the policymaking process. Using case studies of events in 2011 in Egypt, Syria, China, and Russia
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