TY  - BOOK
AU  - Howard,Philip N.
AU  - Hussain,Muzammil M.
TI  - Democracy's fourth wave?: digital media and the Arab Spring 
T2  - Oxford studies in digital politics
SN  - 9780199936977
AV  - JQ 1850 H851d 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Oxford ; , New York : 
PB  - Oxford University Press, 
KW  - Primavera Árabe, 2010-
KW  - Tecnologías de la información
KW  - Aspectos políticos
KW  - Países árabes
KW  - Internet
KW  - Aspectos sociales
KW  - Revoluciones
KW  - Historia
KW  - Siglo XXI
KW  - Política y gobierno
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction
Digital Media and the Arab Spring
The Recent History of Digital Media and Dissent
Information Infrastructure and the Organization of Protest
Authoritarian Responses and Consequences
Al Jazeera, Social Media, and Digital Journalism
Conclusion: Digital Media and the Rhythms of Social Change
N2  - Did digital media really "cause" the Arab Spring, or is it an important factor of the story behind what might become democracy's fourth wave? An unlikely network of citizens used digital media to start a cascade of social protest that ultimately toppled four of the world's most entrenched dictators. Howard and Hussain find that the complex causal recipe includes several economic, political and cultural factors, but that digital media is consistently one of the most important sufficient and necessary conditions for explaining both the fragility of regimes and the success of social movements. This book looks at not only the unexpected evolution of events during the Arab Spring, but the deeper history of creative digital activism throughout the region
ER  -