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Digital Technologies and Activism in Authoritarian Contexts and Beyond
Zahid Shahab Ahmed • Shahram Akbarzadeh • Ihsan Yilmaz • Zahid Shahab Ahmed • Shahram Akbarzadeh
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This volume examines the complex and often paradoxical relationship between technologies and activism in authoritarian contexts. While technologies offer activists new tools for empowerment, networking and self-representation, they are equally susceptible to co-optation by political and corporate interests, resulting in heightened surveillance, censorship and threats to democratic processes. Moving beyond a narrow focus on digital tools, the book adopts a broad and inclusive definition of technologies to explore their diverse roles in shaping activism. Contributors investigate both the empowering and constraining effects of technologies across a range of authoritarian regimes, providing in-depth insights into the ways activists navigate and contest restrictive environments in authoritarian contexts and beyond. By bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives, the volume offers a comprehensive analysis of the opportunities and challenges facing activism today, enriching our understanding of the evolving interplay between technology, power and democratic aspirations in different contexts.
- Format: Inbunden
- ISBN: 9781399550383
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 312
- Utgivningsdatum: 2025-12-31
- Förlag: Edinburgh University Press