Islam for Journalists
Just contributed to the Islam for Journalists e-book project with a chapter called “Digital Islam”. The crisp looking[...]
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Social media stew plays potent role in global digital activism
The Washington Times recently did a write up of work I’ve been doing with the Digital Activism[...]
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Why Governments Use Broadcast TV and Dissidents Use Twitter
How regimes take control of official media channels and push activists onto the Internet.By Philip N. Howard[...]
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Over the past decade, digital and mobile media have significantly changed the system of political communication[...]
Read moreDemocracy’s Fourth Wave? Book Launch at the National Democracy Institute
Thank you to the colleagues, students, journalists, policy professionals and interested members of the public who[...]
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Debate flares on ‘Twitter revolutions,’ Arab Spring
Amid a fierce debate in academic circles, an upcoming book argues that social media and new[...]
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Let’s Build Pro-Democracy Twitter Bots
Most Twitter users try to ignore messages from robot accounts. But maybe we should be putting[...]
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Let’s Nationalize Facebook
Only then will the social network protect users’ rights and share valuable data with researchers. Over[...]
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Social Media and Political Change
This introductory essay highlights the key findings, methodological tool kit, and production process of this Special[...]
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Tunisia election sets high bar for Arab Spring
TUNIS, Tunisia – No matter what the results, Tunisia’s landmark election was a monumental achievement in[...]
Read moreOpening Closed Regimes: What Was the Role of Social Media During the Arab Spring?
After analyzing over 3 million tweets, gigabytes of YouTube content and thousands of blog posts, a[...]
Read moreDigital Media and the Arab Spring
During the “Arab Spring,” young tech savvy activists led uprisings in a dozen countries across North[...]
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In Libya, perfecting the art of revolution by Twitter
Featured in Christian Science Monitor
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