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Digital Media and the Arab Spring

on July 8, 2011 at 5:08 pm

During the “Arab Spring,” young tech savvy activists led uprisings in a dozen countries across North Africa and the Middle East. At first, digital media allowed democratization movements to develop new tactics for catching dictators off guard. Eventually, authoritarian governments worked social media into their own counter-insurgency strategies. What have we learned about the role of digital media in modern protest? Digital media helped to turn individualized, localized, and community-specific dissent into structured movements with a collective consciousness about both shared grievances and opportunities for action.

Howard, Philip N. and Muzammil Hussain.  “Digital Media and the Arab Spring.”  Journal of Democracy 22, no. 3 (2011):  35-48.

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Tags: Arab Spring, civic engagement, comparative methods, democratization, digital media, Egypt, internet, journalism, news, Project on Information Technology and Political Islam, public sphere, social media, Tunisia

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