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Autocracy and Resistance in the Internet Age / Rachel Vanderhill.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (289 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626379190
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.530947 23
LOC classification:
  • JC480 .V359 2020
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Revolution Will Be Tweeted . . . Or Not? -- 2 Authoritarian Regimes and Information Communication Technology -- 3 Censorship, Surveillance, and Propaganda: The Cases of Iran and Russia -- 4 Protest Without Change: The Cases of Armenia and Moldova -- 5 Regime Overthrow Is Not Democratization: The Cases of Kyrgyzstan and Egypt -- 6 From Protest to Democratization: The Case of Tunisia -- 7 Autocracy in the Internet Age -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: How do autocratic governments exploit communication technology in their efforts to maintain power? Can prodemocracy activists successfully use that same technology to support the overthrow of autocratic rulers? Rachel Vanderhill addresses these two questions, exploring in detail how social media are both aiding and undermining autocratic regimes in the Middle East, North Africa, and the former Soviet republics.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781626379190

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Revolution Will Be Tweeted . . . Or Not? -- 2 Authoritarian Regimes and Information Communication Technology -- 3 Censorship, Surveillance, and Propaganda: The Cases of Iran and Russia -- 4 Protest Without Change: The Cases of Armenia and Moldova -- 5 Regime Overthrow Is Not Democratization: The Cases of Kyrgyzstan and Egypt -- 6 From Protest to Democratization: The Case of Tunisia -- 7 Autocracy in the Internet Age -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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How do autocratic governments exploit communication technology in their efforts to maintain power? Can prodemocracy activists successfully use that same technology to support the overthrow of autocratic rulers? Rachel Vanderhill addresses these two questions, exploring in detail how social media are both aiding and undermining autocratic regimes in the Middle East, North Africa, and the former Soviet republics.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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