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The Internet and political protest in autocracies / Nils B. Weidmann and Espen Geelmuyden Rød

Author
Weidmann, Nils B., 1976-
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Physical Description
x, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators
Rød, Espen Geelmuyden, 1985-

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Political Mobilization in Autocracies in the Digital Age -- Chapter 3: Internet Technology and Political Protest -- Chapter 4: Coding Protest Events in Autocracies -- Chapter 5: From Event Reports to Protest Analysis -- Chapter 6: Internet Coverage and the Occurrence of Protest -- Chapter 7: Internet Coverage and the Temporal Dynamics of Protest -- Chapter 8: The Internet and the Spatial Diffusion of Protest -- Chapter 9: Reinforcement or Substitution? Internet and Protest across Different Autocracies -- Chapter 10: Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary
" Eight years after the Arab Spring there is still much debate over the link between Internet technology and protest against authoritarian regimes. While the debate has advanced beyond the simple question of whether the Internet is a tool of liberation or one of surveillance and propaganda, theory and empirical data attesting to the circumstances under which technology benefits autocratic governments versus opposition activists is scarce. In this book, Nils B. Weidmann and Espen Geelmuyden Rød offer a broad theory about why and when digital technology is used for one end or another, drawing on detailed empirical analyses of the relationship between the use of Internet technology and protest in autocracies. By leveraging new sub-national data on political protest and Internet penetration, they present analyses at the level of cities in more than 60 autocratic countries. The book also introduces a new methodology for estimating Internet use, developed in collaboration with computer scientists and drawing on large-scale observations of Internet traffic at the local level. Through this data, the authors analyze political protest as a process that unfolds over time and space, where the effect of Internet technology varies at different stages of protest. They show that violent repression and government institutions affect whether Internet technology empowers autocrats or activists, and that the effect of Internet technology on protest varies across different national environments. "--
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9780190918316 paperback
0190918314 paperback
9780190918309 hardcover
0190918306 hardcover
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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