Liberation technology : social media and the struggle for democracy
Title:
Liberation technology : social media and the struggle for democracy
ISBN:
9781421405674
9781421405681
9781421406985
Publication Information New:
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 176 p. ; 23 cm.
Series:
A journal of democracy book
Journal of democracy book.
Contents:
Liberation vs. control in cyberspace -- Liberation technology / Liberation vs. control : the future of cyberspace / International mechanisms of cyberspace controls / Whither Internet control? / Liberation technology in China -- battle for the Chinese Internet / China's "networked authoritarianism" / Liberation technology in the Middle East -- Ushahidi as a liberation technology / Egypt and Tunisia : the role of digital media / Circumventing Internet censorship in the Arab world / Social media, dissent, and Iran's Green Movement / Challenges for international policy
Electronic Access:
Publisher's description
Language:
English