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Twitter Activism in Iran

Social Media and Democracy in Authoritarian Regimes

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This book investigates Twitter activism in authoritarian regimes, with particular attention to Iran. Twitter provides citizens around the globe with a free and quick way to engage in politics and public discourses. The role of Twitter, alongside other social media, is even more critical in authoritarian regimes where official media is systematically monitored and censured. Thus, social media is vital in restrictive (non-democratic) societies for people to seek their liberty, raise their voice, and create counter-narratives and discourses. There is substantial research into Twitter and democracy, both in democratic and non-democratic regimes. However, Iran, as a country with a high population of tech-savvy users who actively participate in political discussions online, remains understudied to a great extent. Twitter in Iran has been blocked since the 2009 presidential election and its subsequent protests, the Green Movement. Nevertheless, Iranians have been continually using it to date.Recently, another significant hashtag movement unfolded in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini. But it is only an instance of how Iranians employ Twitter to fight a dictatorship. Given the unique context of Iran as a non-democratic society with a high number of Twitter users, this book tries to explore how Iranian users participate in politics, challenge the regime, mobilize their protests, and shape anti-regime discourses. It also examines the strategies that the Iranian regime takes to dismantle Twitter activism. Therefore, this work will fill some gaps in the existing literature on Twitter and democracy, which is relatively Western-centered.
Pages
184 pages
Collection
n.c
Parution
2025-02-13
Marque
Palgrave Macmillan
EAN papier
9783031815379
EAN PDF
9783031815386
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Nombre pages imprimables
18
Taille du fichier
6717 Ko
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116,04 €
EAN EPUB
9783031815386
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
1
Nombre pages imprimables
18
Taille du fichier
14838 Ko
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116,04 €

Hossein Kermani is a senior researcher at the Political Communication Research Group of the University of Vienna, Austria.

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