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Using circumventing media to counteract authoritarian regimes.

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Author

Editor

  • Gunilla Bradley
  • Diane Whitehouse
  • Gurmit Singh

Summary, in English

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on how potential circumventing media and communication technologies could potentially assist the information flow when authoritarian regimes decide to block the main channels, such as the Internet and the mobile phone networks. The point of departure is the recent Internet blackouts in countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), such as Egypt, Bahrain and Libya. We discuss several applications that were developed as a re- sponse to state repression in these countries, and their future potential that would allow people to communicate more freely despite Internet and mobile network blackouts.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

251-254

Publication/Series

PROCEEDINGS OF THE IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • Political Science

Keywords

  • Circumventing media
  • decentralization
  • social media
  • citizen empowerment
  • uprising
  • revolution

Conference name

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE E-DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Conference date

2011-07-20 - 2011-07-26

Conference place

Rome, Italy

Status

Published

Project

  • Viral politik. Politisk mobilisering i sociala medier

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-972-8939-36-6