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Author Wheeler, Deborah L., 1965- author.

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

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 13, 2017).
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Contents Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Social movements -- Middle East.
Internet -- Political aspects -- Middle East.
Social media -- Political aspects -- Middle East.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production.
Internet -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst00977197
Social media -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01983657
Social movements. (OCoLC)fst01122657
Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
Other Form: Print version: L WHEELER, DEBORAH. DIGITAL RESISTANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. [Place of publication not identified] : EDINBURGH UNIV PRESS, 2017 1474422551 (OCoLC)969551983
ISBN 9781474422567 (electronic book)
147442256X (electronic book)
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