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In Their Own Voice: Technologically mediated empowerment and transformation among young Arab women

Courtney C. Radsch, Sahar Khamis

Feminist Media Studies, volume 13, issue 5 (2013), pp. 881-890

"This feminist, qualitative study sheds light on how young Arab women used cyberactivism to participate in the wave of political and social transformations widely known as the Arab Spring. It argues that these activists leveraged social media to enact new forms of leadership, agency, and empowerment ... more

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Special Issue on Youth, ICTs, and Civic Engagement in Asia

Weiyu Zhang, Emmanuel C. Lallana (eds.)

International Communication Gazette, volume 75, issue 3 (2013), pp. 249-337

"The articles collected in this special issue share a common focus: young adults’ use of new media for civic engagement in South and Southeast Asia. Youth engagement problems are evident when established democracies witness a decline in youth participation in traditional civic activities (e.g., vo ... ting) compared to the participation levels of older generations. MacKinnon et al. (2007) stated, ‘[y]outh are turned off by the game of partisan politics and increasingly refuse to learn or apply the rules. In large measure, they are reinventing civic and political engagement.’ We began our project with the observation that the youth in South and Southeast Asia demonstrate distinctive patterns of civic and political engagement, and we sought information about whether these patterns are a consequence of a generational shift or a result of contextual changes, such as those in political systems and media technologies. We examined two propositions that are often associated with youth engagement and new media. First, new media change the relationship between youth and existing political systems. Second, new media change the nature of civic engagement itself, especially for the youth. As we inquired further, we found that using established democracies as our reference point might have been incorrect. The difference between the so-called young or semi-democracies and established or mature democracies is not that the former is an inadequate version of the latter. Instead, the political systems found in South and Southeast Asia have their own characteristics, and these systems cannot be simply classified as a lack of democratic components. The same thing can be said about new media. The difference between the region in question and other regions, such as North America and Europe, is not that the former lacks access to technologies that are common in the latter. Instead, the type and use of technologies in the region show unique patterns that cannot be simply defined as less advanced. When we refer to the region, we make no attempt to generate a singular discourse for all the countries involved. Instead, we are highly sensitive to the diversity presented in the individual cases that belong to the region in this study. The end product, therefore, becomes a juxtaposition of multiple reference points that can be not only compared to established democracies but also compared to the other countries in Asia." (Page 249) more

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Internet Freedom and Political Space

Olesya Tkacheva, Lowell H. Schwartz, Martin C. Libicki, Julie E. Taylor, Jeffrey Martini, Caroline Baxter

Santa Monica, Calif. et al.: RAND Corporation;U.S. Department of State (2013), xxiv, 261 pp.

"This report examines whether and how furthering Internet freedom can empower civil society vis-à-vis public officials, make the government more accountable to its citizens, and integrate citizens into the policymaking process. Using case studies of events in 2011 in Egypt, Syria, China, and Russia ... more

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Gendering the "Arab Spring:" Arab Women Journalists/Activists, "Cyberfeminism," and the Socio-Political Revolution

Sahar Khamis

In: The Routledge Companion to Media & Gender

Cynthia Carter; Linda Steiner; Lisa McLaughlin (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2013), 11 pp.

"Any observer of the so-called Arab Spring, the massive wave of political revolt that has been sweeping the Arab region since 2011, could not help but notice the visible role that women have been playing in it. Hundreds of thousands of Arab women throughout the region, including in some of the most ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Brazil

Pedro Mizukami, Jhessica Reia, Joana Varon

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 134 pp.

"Digitization has had profound effects in Brazil. In journalism, information flows faster than ever, and from a greater number of sources; journalists have to adapt to an environment that demands immediate coverage of events, sometimes privileging speed over content. The internet has become the seco ... more

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Mapping Digital Media: Uruguay

Rosario Radakovich, Santiago Escuder, María Julia Morales, Matías Ponce

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 91 pp.

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Mapping Digital Media: Egypt

Rasha A. Abdulla

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2013), 78 pp.

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Internet und soziale Netzwerke in Russland

Russland-Analysen, issue 264 (2013), pp. 2-17

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Electronic Iran: The Cultural Politics of an Online Evolution

Niki Akhavan

New Brunswick, New Jers.: Rutgers University Press (2013), viii, 149 pp.

"Electronic Iran introduces the concept of the Iranian Internet, a framework that captures interlinked, transnational networks of virtual and offline spaces. Taking her cues from early Internet ethnographies that stress the importance of treating the Internet as both a site and product of cultural p ... more

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Framing Bouazizi: ‘White Lies’, Hybrid Network, and Collective/connective Action in the 2010–11 Tunisian Uprising

Merlyna Lim

Journalism, volume 14, issue 7 (2013), pp. 921-941

"By delving into the detailed account of the Tunisian uprising, this article offers an explanation that sets the 2010 uprising apart from its precursors. The 2010 uprising was successful because activists successfully managed to bridge geographical and class divides as well as to converge offline an ... more

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Social Change Anytime Everywhere: How to Implement Online Multichannel Strategies to Spark Advocacy, Raise Money, and Engage Your Community

Allyson Kapin, Amy Sample Ward

New York, NY: Wiley (2013), xxiv, 230 pp.

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Ressource Ressentiment: Internet-Subkultur und Politmarketing

Il’ja Kukulin

Osteuropa, volume 62, issue 6-8 (2012), pp. 191-208

"Ein Teil der Subkulturen des russischen Internets unterstützt heute offen und aggressiv das Regierungslager. Insbesondere sind dies die sogenannten padonki („Prolls“), die mit ihrer falschen Orthographie und obszönen Lexik früher gezielt provozierten, deren Wortschöpfungen heute aber Teil d ... more

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Political Activism 2.0: Comparing the Role of Social Media in Egypt’s “Facebook Revolution” and Iran’s “Twitter Uprising”

Mohammed El-Nawawy, Sahar Khamis

CyberOrient, volume 6, issue 1 (2012), pp. 8-33

"Social media, particularly blogging, Facebook and Twitter, have played a key role in instigating, accelerating and even organizing some of the uprisings and revolutions that have been taking place all over the Middle East. This role has been effective in galvanizing the youth and empowering them in ... more

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Revolution 2.0? Die Bedeutung digitaler Medien für politische Mobilisierung und Protest

Jan Hanrat, Claus Leggewie

In: Globale Trends 2013: Frieden, Entwicklung, Umwelt

Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden (ed.)

Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag (2012), pp. 157-172

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Clicks, Cabs, and Coffee Houses: Social Media and Oppositional Movements in Egypt, 2004–2011

Merlyna Lim

Journal of Communication, volume 62 (2012), pp. 231-248

"To deepen our understanding of the relationship between social media and political change during the Egyptian uprising of early 2011, events in Tahrir Square must be situated in a larger context of media use and recent history of online activism. For several years, the most successful social moveme ... more

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Digital Politics and Political Engagement

John Postill

In: Digital Anthropology

Heather A. Horst; Daniel Miller (eds.)

London: Berg (2012), pp. 165-184

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Political Participation 2.0 in Mexico: Lessons Learned from the #YoSoy132 Movement

Luis Josué González Fuentes

KAS International Reports, issue 11 (2012), pp. 34-49

"In the 2012 elections, the internet – and particularly the social networks – became more important than ever before and took up an unprecedented amount of space in the media. The role played by Web 2.0 in the 2012 elections in Mexico cannot be assessed without bringing the #YoSoy132 movement in ... more

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Daily Greetings from the President: Argentinean President Kirchner’s Media Strategy Reaches It’s Limits on the Internet

Kristin Wesemann

KAS International Reports, issue 11 (2012), pp. 21-33

"According to Argentinean law, the government can transmit on television and radio broadcasters in grave, exceptional or institutionally significant circumstances. Nestor Kirchner, Mrs. Fernández de Kirchner’s predecessor and deceased husband, spoke to citizens by nationwide broadcast twice in hi ... more

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Mobile Activism and Social Media in Asia

Madanmohan Rao

In: Asian Communication Handbook

Sundeep R. Muppidi (eds.)

Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC);Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2012), pp. 28-34

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Mapping Digital Media: South Africa

Guy Berger, Zikhona Masala

London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 120 pp.

"Developments in digital media in South Africa are densely intertwined with political factors. The Government has sought to be the driver of digitization, but it has also caused repeated delays in digital roll-out. In addition, the Government has had contradictory interests such as promoting competi ... more