Internet and Political Protest in Autocracies - Weidmann, Nils B; Rod, Espen Geelmuyden
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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. Weidmannand Espen Geelmuyden R¿d offer a broad theory about why and when digital technology is used for one end or another, drawing on…mehr

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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. Weidmannand Espen Geelmuyden R¿d 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.
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Autorenporträt
Nils B. Weidmann is Professor of Political Science at the University of Konstanz. He was a post-doctoral researcher in the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University (2009-2010) and the Jackson Institute at Yale University (2010-2011), and has held a Marie Curie fellowship at the Centre for the Study of Civil War at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (2011-2012). Espen Geelmuyden Rød is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Communication, Networks and Contention Research Group, University of Konstanz and a Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).