Add to ORKGThis study examines the emergence of information and communications technology (ICT) in facilitating political protest in the Middle East, with a focus on the Iranian experience. With the rise of ‘emancipating technology’ to mobilise popular support, many had hoped that the incumbent regime in Iran would be steered towards a more democratic and less authoritarian path. At the same time, the Iranian regime itself has shown an increasingly sophisticated technical nous, constructing a centralised censorship network and using available technology to proliferate propaganda and control and subdue cyber-protest. As such, ICT has acted as a complex dual-edged sword in both mutually supporting and suppressing political activism in modern-day Iran
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This study focuses on two inter-related questions: What effect did new media have on the Iranian wom...
The uprisings after the 2009 elections in Iran generated debate on new media’s potential to affect d...
The new information and communication technologies, especially, the Internet as a contested terrain ...
This paper examines the impact of technology on the democratic uprisings in Iran in mid 2009 and in ...
Digital communication technologies have given dissidents from authoritarian contexts better opportun...
The Internet today has become a powerful tool-that has greatly improved the lives of all peoples acr...
Iran's 2009 presidential election was a controversial political event and came prominently into glob...
Iran’s 2009 presidential election was a controversial political event and came prominently i...
Electronic Iran introduces the concept of the Iranian Internet, a framework that captures interlinke...
The culture, history and language of Persia are indelible. Since the rule of Cyrus the Great in 550 ...
An oft-stated view held by scholars and political observers is that given the unique characteristics...
The 2009 post-election protests in Tehran in Iran are colloquially referred to as the “Twitter revol...
This case study is part of a series produced by the Internet and Democracy project. The initial stud...
Transnational information flows and advocacy networks are among the challenges of a globalizing worl...
The spread of the Internet coupled with knowledgeable users has led to the use of digital media as a...
This study focuses on two inter-related questions: What effect did new media have on the Iranian wom...
The uprisings after the 2009 elections in Iran generated debate on new media’s potential to affect d...
The new information and communication technologies, especially, the Internet as a contested terrain ...