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Mapping Digital Media: Egypt
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 78 pp.
Political Participation 2.0 in Mexico: Lessons Learned from the #YoSoy132 Movement
KAS International Reports, issue 11 (2012), pp. 34-49
"In the 2012 elections, the internet – and particularly the social networks – became more important than ever before and took up an unprecedented amount of space in the media. The role played by Web 2.0 in the 2012 elections in Mexico cannot be assessed without bringing the #YoSoy132 movement in
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Ressource Ressentiment: Internet-Subkultur und Politmarketing
Osteuropa, volume 62, issue 6-8 (2012), pp. 191-208
"Ein Teil der Subkulturen des russischen Internets unterstützt heute offen und aggressiv das Regierungslager. Insbesondere sind dies die sogenannten padonki („Prolls“), die mit ihrer falschen Orthographie und obszönen Lexik früher gezielt provozierten, deren Wortschöpfungen heute aber Teil d
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Mapping Digital Media: Argentina
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 100 pp.
Social Media, Social Movements and the Diffusion of Ideas in the Arab Uprisings
Journal of International Communication, volume 18, issue 1 (2012), pp. 97-111
"This article studies the 2011 Arab uprisings as social movements for political reform and regime change. Social media, particularly Facebook and Twitter, are perceived to be playing a central role in these events, which have even been described as ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter revolutions’. Using
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Mapping Digital Media: Colombia
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 99 pp.
"In Colombia, analog free-to-air television is still by far the most influential source of news. Digitization seems to be increasing both the quantity and range of news and the total public consumption of media as many traditional outlets now have online versions, while some new online only outlets
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Mapping Digital Media: Chile
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 127 pp.
"Overall, digitization has only partly impacted on the media landscape in Chile. It has neither altered the neoliberal trajectory of media policy, nor reduced high levels of ownership concentration and incumbent advantages. But there is, at the very least, a framework in place that will potentially
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Political Activism 2.0: Comparing the Role of Social Media in Egypt’s “Facebook Revolution” and Iran’s “Twitter Uprising”
CyberOrient, volume 6, issue 1 (2012), pp. 8-33
"Social media, particularly blogging, Facebook and Twitter, have played a key role in instigating, accelerating and even organizing some of the uprisings and revolutions that have been taking place all over the Middle East. This role has been effective in galvanizing the youth and empowering them in
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Egyptian E-Diaspora: Migrant Websites Without a Network?
Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 19 pp.
"This article investigates the phenomenon of the Egyptian diaspora through an innovative approach based on the analysis of digital activity and the presence of Egyptian connected migrants. Following the methodology of the e-Diasporas project, we found a scarcely connected network of websites, with a
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Middle East Conflict 2.0: Israelis and Palestinians Between Virtual Conflict and Online Peace
KAS International Reports, issue 11 (2012), pp. 6-20
"The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is increasingly being played out in parallel on the internet. Recently, a great deal of media attention has been devoted to a series of spectacular hacker attacks that caused dozens of Israeli and Palestinian websites to crash, including thos
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Digitale Herausforderung: Internationale Beziehungen in Zeiten / Web 2.0
Göttingen: Steidl; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2012), 188 pp.
"Der arabische Frühling war nicht nur der Beginn eines gesellschaftlichen und politischen Umwälzungsprozesses in Nordafrika, sondern auch der Startpunkt einer neuen außenpolitischen Ära im Zeichen / Web 2.0. Auch wenn die Bedeutung der Mobiltelefone und sozialen Medien, mit der die Oppositionell
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Mapping Digital Media: South Africa
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 120 pp.
"Developments in digital media in South Africa are densely intertwined with political factors. The Government has sought to be the driver of digitization, but it has also caused repeated delays in digital roll-out. In addition, the Government has had contradictory interests such as promoting competi
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Syria’s Cyber Wars
Open Society Foundation (2012), 25 pp.
"The government in Syria came to differentiate between political dissent and the civil society activism in which the new generation plays a vital role thanks to the use of social media. Unable to control the burst of online activity, Damascus was forced to focus on monitoring key dissenters and huma
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Mapping Digital Media: Macedonia
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 86 pp.
Unveiling the Revolutionaries: Cyberactivism and the Role of Women in the Arab Uprisings
Houston, Tex.: Rice University, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy (2012), 44 pp.
"This is the first scholarly analysis of how young women used social media and cyberactivism to help shape the “Arab Spring” and its aftermath. It argues that women's engagement with social media has coincided with a shift in the political landscape of the Middle East, and it is unlikely that th
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The Media and the Making of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 2, issue 1 (2012), 19 pp.
"While views may differ on the factors that made the 2011 Egyptian revolution possible, the role of mass media will remain undisputable. The Internet-based social networks caught the Mubarak regime by surprise, and the popular disillusionment with the‘national’ media led the public to turn to pr
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Mapping Digital Media: China
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 127 pp.
The Palestinian Diaspora on the Web: Between De-Territorialization and Re-Territorialization
Paris: Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (2012), 36 pp.
"The article analyzes web-based networks of Palestinian communities in Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Australia, United States, Canada, Spain, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. The findings show a thematic and demographic shift from organizations of Palestinian communities abroad to a transnational so
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Mapping Digital Media: Croatia
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 100 pp.
"Croatia is well ahead of the curve. Experimental broadcasting via digital signals began in 2002 and the last analog television signals were switched off in September 2011. The country has the highest free-to-air digital terrestrial coverage in Europe, exceeding 99 percent of national territory, and
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Mapping Digital Media: Georgia
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 101 pp.
"This report finds that the momentous change in ownership transparency regulation and the dynamic and free online environment are the most notable success stories since 2005. Yet these achievements are overshadowed by the lack of independence of the broadcasting regulator and the public broadcaster,
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