Call it hyper activism: politicising the online Arab public sphere and the quest for authenticity and relevance
Aziz Douai
Abstract:
There has been much talk, inside and outside universities, about the role of the read write web in either facilitating or creating political resistance, consciousness, activism and social change. This chapter explores the deployment of web 2.0 in Arab societies, and how it transforms information flows between citizens. An under-researched field, the aim is not to offer generalisations, but to study specific examples and nodes of change and challenge.
Key words
Arab Spring
resistance
activism
social media
user-generated culture
participatory culture
This chapter examines the claim that web 2.0 offers a new ...
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