Description
How is the adoption of digital media in the Arab world affecting the relationship between the state and its subjects? What new forms of online engagement and strategies of resistance have emerged from the aspirations of digitally empowered citizens in the Middle East and North Africa? Networked Publics and Digital Contention narrates the story of the co-evolution of technology and society in Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab uprisings. It explores the emergence of a digital culture of contention that helped networked publics negotiate their lived reality, reconfigure power relations, and ultimately redefine the locus of politics. It broadens the focus from narrow debates about the role that social media played in the Arab uprisings toward a fresh understanding of how changes in media affect the state-society relationship over time. Based on extensive fieldwork, in-depth interviews with Internet activists, and immersive analyses of online communication, this book draws our attention away from the tools of political communication and refocuses it on the politics of communication. An original contribution to the political sociology of media, Networked Publics and Digital Contention provides a unique perspective on how networked Arab publics reimagine citizenship, reinvent politics, and produce change.
Table of Contents
Foreword by John H. DowningAcknowledgementsI. Introduction: On Digital Contention and Everyday LifeII. The Mirage of Progress: A Nation's Unfulfilled PromiseIII. A Crisis of Authority: Offline Activism and Simmering DiscontentIV. Cyber Activism Comes of Age: Activists, Diasporas and NetworksV. The Politicization of the Blogosphere: When Diarists Become ActivistsVI. The Battle over Internet Control: From the Web to the StreetVII. Mediatizing the Revolution: The Appeal of Social NetworksVIII. Post-Revolutionary Dynamics: Changes and ChallengesAppendixNotesReferencesIndex
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