Cyberactivism and Citizen Journalism in Egypt

Digital Dissidence and Political Change
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-49789-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 351 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 5761 g

Reihe: Information Technology and Global Governance

This compelling book explores how Egyptian bloggers used citizen journalism and cyberactivism to chip away at the state’s monopoly on information and recalibrate the power dynamics between an authoritarian regime and its citizens. When the Arab uprisings broke out in early 2011 and ousted entrenched leaders across the region, social media and the Internet were widely credited with playing a role, particularly when the Egyptian government shut down the Internet and mobile phone networks in an attempt to stave off the unrest there. But what these reports missed were the years of grassroots organizing, digital activism, and political awareness-raising that laid the groundwork for this revolutionary change. Radsch argues that Egyptian bloggers created new social movements using blogging and social media, often at significant personal risk, so that less than a decade after the information revolution came to Egypt they successfully mobilized the overthrow of the state and its president.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Radsch, Courtney C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Cyberactivism and social movements.- 2. Embodied and virtual ethnography: doing research in the digital age.- 3. The legal regulatory dynamics of the public sphere.- 4. We the people: citizen journalism in the era of social media.- 5. Cyberactivism and egypt’s youth movement.- 6. Bloggers and believers: dynamics of activism and identity in the muslim brotherhood.- 7. Conclusion: Revolution 2.0.

Über Autor(innen)

Courtney C. Radsch, PhD, is a researcher and journalist working at the nexus of media, technology, and human rights, and has written widely on these issues in the popular and academic press. She has held positions with The New York Times, Al Arabiya, and UNESCO and is Advocacy Director at the Committee to Protect Journalists.