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Are There Countries Whose Situations Worsened with the Arrival of the Internet?
Data / In The News / Other Public Writing

Are There Countries Whose Situations Worsened with the Arrival of the Internet?

(This post originally appeared on Freedom To Tinker, after @evgenymorozov tweeted that he would want help with a graph of data before he would believe that there were no countries where the situation worsened with the arrival of the internet. @evgenymorozov @ericschmidt there are no countries where tech diffusion rates high and [...]

Democracy’s Fourth Wave?  Digital Media and the Arab Spring
Books

Democracy’s Fourth Wave? Digital Media and the Arab Spring

Now in print! (And byte). Did digital media really “cause” the Arab Spring, or is it an important factor of the story behind what might become democracy’s fourth wave? An unlikely network of citizens used digital media to start a cascade of social protest that ultimately toppled four of the [...]

Prezi – “Pax Technica” Talk At Stanford
Presentations

Prezi – “Pax Technica” Talk At Stanford

Here is the Prezi from my recent presentation on the “pax technica” idea.

Prezi – The New Cold War: Information Policy and Political Rift
Presentations

Prezi – The New Cold War: Information Policy and Political Rift

This is the Prezi show for my expanded talk on authoritarianism and information policy, called “The New Cold War”.  It requires Flash, and may take a moment to fully load.  If it doesn’t load in your browser, you can go directly to the Prezi site. Link to Event Homepage. Link to Video Lecture.

The New Cold War:  Information Policy and Political Rift
Presentations / Video

The New Cold War: Information Policy and Political Rift

Link to Event Homepage. Link to Prezi.