Digital resistance in the Middle East : : new media activism in everyday life / / Deborah L. Wheeler.

• VerfasserIn: Wheeler, Deborah L., 1965-
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, 2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 194 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jan 2018).
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; FIGURES AND TABLES --; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; 1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF INTERNET DIFFUSION AND IMPACT IN THE MIDDLE EAST --; 2 IT 4 REGIME CHANGE: NETWORKING AROUND THE STATE IN EGYPT --; 3 NO MORE RED LINES: NETWORKING AROUND THE STATE IN JORDAN --; 4 HURRY UP AND WAIT: OPPOSITIONAL COMPLIANCE AND NETWORKING AROUND THE STATE IN KUWAIT --; 5 THE MICRO-DEMISE OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST: WORKING AROUND THE STATE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE --; 6 FEAR THE STATE: REPRESSION AND THE RISKS OF RESISTANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST --; CONCLUSION --; APPENDIX: INTERNET USER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Audience: Specialized.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1474435041; 147442256X; 1474422586
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Deborah L. Wheeler.

This book argues that Internet diffusion and use in the Middle East enables meaningful micro-changes in citizens' lives, even in states where no Arab Spring revolution occurred.