Autocracy and Resistance in the Internet Age / / Rachel Vanderhill.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2020
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (289 p.)
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Other title: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 --
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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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781626379190
9783110783537
DOI:10.1515/9781626379190
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Rachel Vanderhill.